Massive bluefin tuna nets over $3 million at Tokyo auction
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Key Points:
- Japan's Kiyomura Corp paid a record 510 million yen (€2.8 million or $3.25 million) for a 243-kilogram bluefin tuna at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market New Year auction, surpassing the previous 2019 record of 333.6 million yen.
- The tuna, caught off Oma in northern Japan, a region known for premium tuna, was immediately distributed to Kiyomura's Sushizanmai restaurant chain nationwide.
- Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Corp and known as the "Tuna King," expressed optimism for the economy under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's new administration, hoping the high bid would inspire positivity.
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