Tuna sold for 16.3 million yen at 1st auction in Tokyo fish

Tuna sold for 16.3 million yen at 1st auction in Tokyo fish

TOKYO, Japan - Tuna, flown from around the world, is sold at this year's first auction at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2010. A 232.6-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, sold for a nine-year high of 16.28 million yen.

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