A bluefin tuna has been sold for three quarters of a million dollars in Tokyo — a price almost double last year’s record sale.
The bluefin tuna, prized for making the finest sushi, fetched JPY 56.49 million (USD 736,000, GBP 472,125) at Tsukiji fish market’s first auction of the year.
The winning bidder was Kiyoshi Kimura, owner of a sushi restaurant chain.
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