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• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  “Tuna King” pays US$ 1.8 million for a giant tuna at Tokyo's ,main fish market

  

  A celebrated Japanese sushi businessman, nicknamed “Tuna King”, paid US$1.8 million for a giant tuna at New Year's auction at Tokyo's main fish market on Sunday. Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a successful sushi restaurant chain, paid 193 million yen (US$1.8 million) to purchase a 276kg bluefin tuna, caught off the Aomori region in northern Japan.