'Tuna King' pays record $3.2 mn for bluefin at Tokyo auction

A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record 510 million yen or $3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna Monday at an annual prestigious New Year auction in Tokyo's main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high.

Self-styled "Tuna King" Kiyoshi Kimura's sushi restaurant chain paid the top price for the 243-kilogramme fish that was caught off Japan's northern coast. The price is the highest since at least 1999, when comparable records became available, far exceeding the previous high of 333 million yen set in 2019.