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Premium melons from Hokkaido

A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetch 3.5 million yen ($25,000) in the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 25, 2023, securing the event's second-highest bid on record.

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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