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Motorbike-sized tuna sold to Tokyo sushi restaurateurs for $1.3m
Sushi restaurateurs in Tokyo say they have paid 207m yen ($1.3m; £1m) for a bluefin tuna which is about the size and weight of a motorbike. The sale is the second highest price ever paid at the annual new year auction at Toyosu Fish Market in the Japanese capital.
Atlantic bluefin tuna sold for $1.3 million in Tokyo auction
Most expensive tuna ever sold at auction. At 333.6 million yen ($3.1 million USD at the time), the 612-pound bluefin tuna sold to the “Tuna King” Kiyoshi Kimora in 2019 holds the record for the most expensive tuna ever auctioned.
Tuna fetches over $1.3 million at New Year auction in Japan
A bluefin tuna was sold for $1,316,835 (207 million yen) on Sunday (January 5), marking the second-highest bid at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market's annual auction since its inception in 1999, according to market organizers.
Buyer splashes out $1.3m for Tokyo new year tuna
The top bidder at a Tokyo fish market said they paid $1.3 million for a tuna on Sunday, the second highest price ever paid at an annual prestigious new year auction.It is the second highest price paid at the opening auction of the year in Tokyo's main fish market since comparable data started being collected in 1999.
Tuna "as fat as a cow" goes for $1.3 million at auction in Japan
A massive bluefin tuna on Sunday sold for some $1.3 million at the first auction of the season at Tokyo's popular fish market, the second-highest ever achieved.
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Tokyo auction sets $1.3 million price for 608-pound tuna, second highest in history
"The first tuna is something meant to bring in good fortune," Onodera official Shinji Nagao told reporters after the auction.
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Tokyo stocks open lower on 1st trading day of 2025
Tokyo Stocks opened lower Monday, led by declines in auto and steel makers on the first trading day of 2025. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 141.70 points, ...
A stranger in teeming Tokyo who only has nice things to say
A street entertainer who counts Tokyo’s Shibuya as his patch has only nice things to say to the people he meets.
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline amid investor worries, and Tokyo stays closed
Asian shares mostly slipped Thursday, as the region's main stock market in Tokyo stayed closed for the New Year's holidays.
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Tokyo set to require solar panels on new homes from April
Starting in April, the Tokyo government will require around 50 major homebuilders to install solar panels on newly built ...
Bluefin fetches 207 million yen at 1st auction of 2025 in Tokyo
A bluefin tuna caught off northern Japan fetched 207 million yen ($1.31 million) in the inaugural auction of 2025 at Tokyo’s ...
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Tokyo’s property boom looks built to last
SINGAPORE, Dec 27 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Tokyo is bustling. Office vacancy rates in the Asian city are around 3%, ...
Human error blamed for Tokyo plane collision that killed 5
The Japan Transport Safety Board released a report on Wednesday addressing the January 2 collision at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
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The best American vintage is ‘sitting in Tokyo’
The Japanese market has dominated the trade in American vintage clothing for decades. Now economic and cultural changes are ...
Human Error Cited for Collision of Two Planes at Tokyo Airport
A report confirmed prior indications that a pilot’s misunderstanding of air traffic control directives, and a missed warning, ...
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Jujutsu Battles Tokyo Saga Codes (January 2025)
With the massive success of the Jujutsu Kaisen anime adaptation, we are now seeing a surge in mobile games based on the ...