Bluefin tuna imports from S. Korea increasing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows bluefin tuna landed in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, in June 2007. The amount of bluefin tuna Japan imported from South Korea has reached at least 980 tons during the first half of this year, exceeding last year's total import of 920 tons, according to a survey by the Fisheries Agency showed on July 18, 2010.

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