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.

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)@