Humble sardines now more expensive than sea breams

Humble sardines now more expensive than sea breams

TOKYO, Japan - The stock of Japanese sardines, the fish long associated with the popular Japanese palate, appears to be undergoing an inexplicable change in recent years. A single sardine now fetches nearly 500 yen at times, exceeding upmarket fish like farmed yellowtails and sea breams.

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