Japan: Toyosu market holds first tuna auction of 2021

Tokyo's Toyosu fish market holds its first tuna auction of 2021 on Tuesday. Before dawn, buyers in rubber boots inspect the quality of giant fresh and frozen tunas by examining the neatly cut tail end with flashlights and rubbing slices between their fingers. Previously in Tsukiji -- the world's biggest fish market and a popular tourist attraction in an area packed with restaurants and shops -- the market moved in October 2018 to Toyosu, a former gas plant a bit further east. A tuna was sold for 165 thousands euros on Tuesday at the first auction. The price is far cry from the record figures of previous years. In 2020, self-styled "Tuna King" Kiyoshi Kimura paid out nearly 1.5 million euros.