bluefin tuna, Japan

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 its social media profiles and in a news release. The buyer said online that the company has bought the first tuna at the auction for the past five years.
Tuna weighing as much as a grizzly bear sells for $1.3 million in Japan
An Oma Pacific bluefin tuna, weighing 608 pounds, sold at Tokyo’s Toyosu Market. It’s one of the most expensive tuna fish to be sold in the history of sushi.
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
Giant bluefin tuna the size of a motorcycle sells for $1.3 million
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.
Motorcycle-sized tuna fetches more than $1 million at Japan auction
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, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction.
Massive bluefin tuna sells for $1.3M at Tokyo auction
A massive bluefin tuna sold for some $1.3 million on Sunday at the first auction of the season at Tokyo's popular fish market, the
Motorbike-sized tuna sells for £1m at Tokyo auction
Buyers believe securing the first catch at the opening auction of the year at Toyosu Fish Market helps to bring good fortune.
Enormous bluefin tuna sells for $1.3M in Tokyo
The top bidder at a Tokyo fish market paid 207 million yen, $1.3 million, for a 608 pound bluefin tuna on Sunday, the second-highest price ever.
Japan: New Year tuna auction in Tokyo
Video shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.
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Giant tuna the size of a motorcycle sold to sushi restauranteurs in Tokyo for $1.3 million
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Motorbike-sized tuna sold to Tokyo sushi restaurateurs for $1.3m
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