Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura (R), the president of the operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, gives a thumbs up next to a 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, that he successfully bid 7.36 million yen for in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014.

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