Traders have started bidding at the first tuna auction of 2025 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market. The top item fetched the second highest price on record.
The lively auction began with a bell shortly after 5 a.m. on Sunday. Bids were made for raw and frozen tuna from across Japan and around the world.
The top item was a 276-kilogram bluefin tuna unloaded at the port of Oma in the northern prefecture of Aomori. A trader bought the fish for 207 million yen, or about 1.3 million dollars.
That is the second highest since comparable data became available in 1999. The highest bid on record is 333.6 million yen, or about 2.1 million dollars, marked in 2019.
The lively auction began with a bell shortly after 5 a.m. on Sunday. Bids were made for raw and frozen tuna from across Japan and around the world.
The top item was a 276-kilogram bluefin tuna unloaded at the port of Oma in the northern prefecture of Aomori. A trader bought the fish for 207 million yen, or about 1.3 million dollars.
That is the second highest since comparable data became available in 1999. The highest bid on record is 333.6 million yen, or about 2.1 million dollars, marked in 2019.
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2025 Tokyo tuna auction: Record-breaking bid for a 276-kg bluefin tuna from Aomori. The trader paid 207 million yen, the second highest price since 1999 when comparable data became available. The all-time high was reached in 2019 at 333.6 million yen. Bids were made for raw and frozen tuna from
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250105_04/
Date: Jan. 5, 2025
Created: 2025/01/05 19:00
Updated: 2025/12/08 07:24
Last Read: 2025/01/05 19:23