bluefin tuna, Tokyo and Sushi

Sushi chain pays $1.3 million for motorcycle-sized tuna at Tokyo auction
The 608-pound bluefin tuna fetched the second-highest price ever paid at the annual new year auction at Tokyo’s main fish market.
Motorcycle-sized tuna fetches more than $1 million at Japan auction
A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction.
Giant tuna the size of a motorcycle sold to sushi restauranteurs in Tokyo for $1.3 million
The tuna titan winners, the Onodera Group, said that the 608-pound tuna would be served at its Michelin-starred Ginza Onodera restaurants and at Nadaman restaurants across the country while supply
Tuna auction in Tokyo sees 276kg fish go for $1.31mn
By bno - Tokyo bureau A Tokyo fish market has once again witnessed a stunning display of competitive bidding, as the Onodera Group secured a prized bluefin tuna for a staggering JPY207mn (about $1.31mn).
Tuna weighing as much as a grizzly bear sells for $1.3 million in Japan
An Oma Pacific bluefin tuna, weighing 608 pounds, sold at Tokyo’s Toyosu Market. It’s one of the most expensive tuna fish to be sold in the history of sushi.
Motorbike-sized tuna sold to Tokyo sushi restaurateurs for $1.3m
Sushi restaurateurs in Tokyo say they have paid 207m yen ($1.3m; £1m) for a bluefin tuna which is about the size and weight of a motorbike. The sale is the second highest price ever paid at the annual new year auction at Toyosu Fish Market in the Japanese capital.
Tuna fetches over $1.3 million at New Year auction in Japan
A bluefin tuna was sold for $1,316,835 (207 million yen) on Sunday (January 5), marking the second-highest bid at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market's annual auction since its inception in 1999, according to market organizers.
Single tuna sells for over $1.3 million in Japan
A 608-pound bluefin tuna was sold on Jan. 5 at a Tokyo fish market for over $1.3 million, the catch going jointly to a tuna wholesaler and a sushi restaurant.
Buyer splashes out $1.3m for Tokyo new year tuna
The top bidder at a Tokyo fish market said they paid $1.3 million for a tuna on Sunday, the second highest price ever paid at an annual prestigious new year auction.It is the second highest price paid at the opening auction of the year in Tokyo's main fish market since comparable data started being collected in 1999.
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