9.6 mil. yen tuna shared by Japanese, Chinese sushi restaurant owners

9.6 mil. yen tuna shared by Japanese, Chinese sushi restaurant owners

TOKYO, Japan - Yosuke Imada (C), 63-year-old Japanese manager of the prestigious sushi restaurant ''Kyubey'' in Tokyo's posh Ginza district, and Cheng Weitao (L), 41-year-old Chinese manager of a sushi chain in Hong Kong and elsewhere, shake hands at Tokyo's Tsukiji market on Jan. 5 after jointly bidding on a bluefin tuna that sold for 9.63 million yen at the New Year auction at the market, the highest price in eight years. They each took half of the fish, which was caught in the sea off Oma, Aomori Prefecture and cut in two at the market immediately after the bidding.

Visitors can enjoy famous sushi at Tokyo food art exhibition

Visitors can enjoy famous sushi at Tokyo food art exhibition

A visitor to an exhibition dubbed "L'art de Rosanjin" enjoys sushi from Kyubey, one of Japan's highly regarded sushi restaurants in Tokyo's Ginza, at the Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall in the Japanese capital on March 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

France unveils 1,000 top restaurants, with Japan outnumbering France

France unveils 1,000 top restaurants, with Japan outnumbering France

Undated photo shows Yosuke Imada, the owner and chef of Tokyo-based sushi restaurant Kyubey. A list of 1,000 outstanding restaurants around the world unveiled in December 2015 by the French foreign ministry has restaurants in Japan outnumbering those in France, making Japan the most featured country on the list. Kyubey placed seventh and is the second highest-ranked Japanese restaurant, after third-ranked Kyo Aji, also located in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

9.6 mil. yen tuna shared by Japanese, Chinese sushi restaurant ow

9.6 mil. yen tuna shared by Japanese, Chinese sushi restaurant ow

TOKYO, Japan - Yosuke Imada (C), 63-year-old Japanese manager of the prestigious sushi restaurant ''Kyubey'' in Tokyo's posh Ginza district, and Zheng Weitao (L), 41-year-old Chinese manager of a sushi chain in Hong Kong and elsewhere, shake hands at Tokyo's Tsukiji market on Jan. 5 after jointly bidding on a bluefin tuna that sold for 9.63 million yen at the New Year auction at the market, the highest price in eight years. They each took half of the fish, which was caught in the sea off Oma, Aomori Prefecture and cut in two at the market immediately after the bidding. (Kyodo)

(CORRECTED) 9.6 mil. yen tuna shared by Japanese, Chinese sushi

(CORRECTED) 9.6 mil. yen tuna shared by Japanese, Chinese sushi

TOKYO, Japan - Yosuke Imada (C), 63-year-old Japanese manager of the prestigious sushi restaurant ''Kyubey'' in Tokyo's posh Ginza district, and Cheng Weitao (L), 41-year-old Chinese manager of a sushi chain in Hong Kong and elsewhere, shake hands at Tokyo's Tsukiji market on Jan. 5 after jointly bidding on a bluefin tuna that sold for 9.63 million yen at the New Year auction at the market, the highest price in eight years. They each took half of the fish, which was caught in the sea off Oma, Aomori Prefecture and cut in two at the market immediately after the bidding. (Kyodo)@