Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a 180-kg bluefin tuna that fetched 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram, in the first tuna auction of 2015 at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015.

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