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Bluefin tuna

Japan’s ‘tuna king’ pays record price for bluefin tuna at auction

Kiyoshi Kimura, owner of Kiyomura Corp, which runs the Sushi Zanmai chain, bought the 278 kilogram bluefin tuna for $3.1 million

By Undercurrent News | Jan. 7, 2019 09:49 GMT
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A Japanese sushi boss has paid a record $3.1 million for a giant bluefin tuna at the first new year's auction in Tokyo's new fish market, reports the BBC. [...]

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