Fishermen on Japan's Oma coast dream of hitting tuna jackpot

Photo taken Jan. 5, 2017, shows a 212-kilogram Oma tuna that fetched 74.2 million yen ($650,000) at the first auction of this year at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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