All time record price for a 296 kilos blue-fin in Tokyo market: 712.000 dollars

Friday, January 6th 2012 - 06:40 UTC

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A deep-pocketed restaurateur has paid more than 700.000 dollars for a tuna at Japan's Tsukiji fish market, smashing the record for a single blue-fin. Bidding on the 269kg fish, caught off the coast of Japan's northern Aomori prefecture, stood at an eye-popping 711.864 dollars when the hammer came down in the first auction of the year. Read full article

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RedBaron
In spite of everything, it still proves that some Japanese have more money than sense.
Very soon, they will realise that there will be no tuna left .....wonder what will be next on their list to eliminate?
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