Tuna Sells for Record $3.1 Million USD at Tokyo's New Tsukiji Fish Market

The latest big tuna auction in Tokyo's newly relocated Tsukiji Fish Market has created quite a splash. Kiyoshi Kimura of the Sushizanmai sushi chain has paid a whopping ¥333.6 million JPY (approximately $3.1 million USD) for large 613-pound tuna fish. Kimura wins back his title for the most expensive price paid for a single fish at the new year's auction, where he reigned number one for six years straight before losing his title in 2017 to another sushi chain. When asked what he felt about the ...