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A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record US$3.2 million (HK$24.95 million) for a giant bluefin tuna at a prestigious annual auction in Tokyo’s main fish market.
Kiyoshi Kimura, who calls himself the “Tuna King,” owns a sushi restaurant chain. His restaurant bought the 243kg fish caught near Japan’s northern coast.
The price at the New Year’s auction was the highest since comparable data started being collected in 1999.
The previous high was 333.6 million yen (HK$16.5 million) for a 278kg bluefin in 2019 after the fish market moved from its traditional Tsukiji area in central Tokyo to a more modern facility.
During Covid-19, the New Year tunas commanded only a fraction of their usual top prices as restaurants scaled back operations.
