Tuna Sells for $1.8 Million in First Tokyo Auction of 2020, Second Highest Ever
The tuna was caught off northern Aomori Prefecture and weighed 276 kilograms (608 lbs), according to NHK, which translates into a price of about 700,000 yen per kilogram. The successful bidder was Kiyoshi Kimura, the head of the company that runs sushi restaurant chain “Sushizanmai,” NHK said. Last year Kimura paid a record 333.6 million yen …
News story posted on 2020-01-05T08:50:00.0000000Z
