Tuna fetches 74 mil. yen at possible final Tsukiji New Year's auction

Tuna fetches 74 mil. yen at possible final Tsukiji New Year's auction

Kiyoshi Kimura (C back), president of Kiyomura Corp., the operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, poses on Jan. 5, 2017, with the bluefin tuna he successfully purchased in what may be the final New Year's auction at Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market before its relocation to a new site. The 212-kilogram tuna fetched 74.2 million yen (around $632,000), or 350,000 yen per kilogram. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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