Tuna fetches over $1.3 million at Japan New Year's auction

Record ID: 1894453

  • Title: Tuna fetches over $1.3 million at Japan New Year's auction
  • Date: 4th January 2025
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (JANUARY 5, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF AUCTIONEERS RINGING BELLS TO INDICATE SELL OF BLUEFIN TUNA AT AUCTION HELD IN TOKYO’S TOYOSU FISH MARKET BLUEFIN TUNA CARCASSES ON DISPLAY ON AUCTION FLOOR AUCTION IN PROGRESS, BIDDERS GATHERED AUCTIONEER YELLING OUT PRICES VARIOUS OF BIDDER SIGNALING AND RAISING HIS HAND TO BID AUCTIONEER YELLING OUT FINAL PRICES FOR BID
  • Embargoed: 18th January 2025 23:02
  • Keywords: auction bidders bluefin business buyers fishing industry japan maguro new year seafood tokyo toyosu tuna
  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • City: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Arts/Culture/Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA001091304012025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A bluefin tuna was sold for 207 million yen ($1,316,835) on Saturday (January 5), marking the second-highest bid at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market's annual auction since its inception in 1999, according to market organisers.
    Weighing 276 kilograms (608.4 lbs), the prized catch was jointly bought by renowned tuna wholesaler Yamayuki and upscale sushi restaurant Sushi Ginza Onodera, organisers told Reuters.
    The record for the highest bid at the annual auction stands at 333.6 million yen ($3.1 million at the time), set in 2019, according to local media reports.
    (Production: Joseph Campbell)
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