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Bluefin tuna sells for whopping $1.3 million
A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market ...
In One Ear: 'Smile with food'
Every January, the first tuna auction of the year in Japan draws a large crowd, and this year’s event, held at the crack of dawn at Tokyo’s popular Toyosu fish market, was no different. This year’s ...
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Massive Bluefin Tuna the Size of a Motorcycle Sells for $1.3 Million at a Japanese Fish Market
The fish weighed 608 pounds, which is also about the same size as an adult male grizzly bear. It garnered the second highest bid at the Toyosu Market since records began in 1999 ...
A bluefin tuna weighs over 600 pounds. A company just paid $1.3 million for it.
The buyer, Onodera Group, bought the 608-pound tuna Sunday at Toyosu Fish Market in Tokyo. The company shared the news across ...