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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Sushi made from a bluefin tuna that was bought for 7.36 million yen in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014, is offered later the same day at the nearby flagship restaurant of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain.

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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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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Children eat sushi made from a bluefin tuna at the flagship restaurant of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2014. The fish was bought earlier in the day for 7.36 million yen in the first auction of the year at the nearby Tsukiji fish market.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, the president of the operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, poses with 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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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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Year's 1st tuna auction in Tokyo

A bluefin tuna that fetched 193.2 million yen ($1.8 million) at the New Year's auction in Tokyo is sliced apart on Jan. 5, 2020, by Kiyoshi Kimura (R), who heads the successful bidder Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year's 1st tuna auction in Tokyo

A bluefin tuna that fetched 193.2 million yen ($1.8 million) at the New Year's auction in Tokyo is sliced apart on Jan. 5, 2020, by Kiyoshi Kimura, who heads the successful bidder Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year's 1st tuna auction in Tokyo

Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Corp., operator of Japanese sushi chain Sushizanmai, wins the New Year's auction in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2020, with a bid of 193.2 million yen ($1.8 million) for a bluefin tuna, the second-highest price on record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year's 1st tuna auction in Tokyo

Kiyoshi Kimura (R), president of Kiyomura Corp., operator of Japanese sushi chain Sushizanmai, speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2020, after winning the New Year's auction with a bid of 193.2 million yen ($1.8 million) for a bluefin tuna, the second-highest price on record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sculpture of Sushizanmai president

File photo taken on March 1, 2019, shows a life-size figure of Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Corp., operator of Japanese sushi chain Sushizanmai, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sushizanmai signboard

File photo taken on March 1, 2019, shows a signboard of Japanese sushi chain Sushizanmai in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 5, 2019, shows a bluefin tuna which fetched a record 333.6 million yen in a New Year's auction held earlier in the day at the relocated Toyosu fish market in Tokyo. Standing behind it is Kiyoshi Kimura, who heads the successful bidder Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tuna auction in Tokyo

A bluefin tuna that fetched a record 333.6 million yen in a New Year's auction in Tokyo is sliced apart on Jan. 5, 2019, by Kiyoshi Kimura (C), who heads the successful bidder Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 5, 2019, shows a bluefin tuna which fetched a record 333.6 million yen in a New Year's auction held earlier in the day at the relocated Toyosu fish market in Tokyo. Standing beside it is Kiyoshi Kimura, who heads the successful bidder Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 5, 2019, shows a bluefin tuna which fetched a record 333.6 million yen in a New Year's auction held earlier in the day at the relocated Toyosu fish market in Tokyo. Standing beside it is Kiyoshi Kimura, who heads the successful bidder Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 5, 2019, shows a bluefin tuna which fetched a record 333.6 million yen in a New Year's auction held earlier in the day at the relocated Toyosu fish market in Tokyo. Standing beside it is Kiyoshi Kimura, who heads the successful bidder Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tuna fetches 74 mil. yen at possible final Tsukiji New Year's auction

Kiyoshi Kimura (R), president of Kiyomura Corp., operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, cuts a 212-kilogram bluefin tuna at his main sushi restaurant in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2017, after he successfully purchased it for 74.2 million yen (around $632,000) during an auction at the famed Tsukiji fish market. It may have been the final New Year's auction at the fish market before its relocation to a new site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tuna fetches 74 mil. yen at possible final Tsukiji New Year's auction

Kiyoshi Kimura (C back), president of Kiyomura Corp., the operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, poses on Jan. 5, 2017, with the bluefin tuna he successfully purchased in what may be the final New Year's auction at Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market before its relocation to a new site. The 212-kilogram tuna fetched 74.2 million yen (around $632,000), or 350,000 yen per kilogram. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo