You might call it a small fortuna
Kiyoshi Kimura, a self-described"Tuna King," who runs restaurant chain Sushi Zanmai, paid 193 million yen for a 608-pound bluefin tuna, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.Related content
Kimaru's purchase, although costly, wasn't even the highest amount paid for a tuna -- at last year's auction, the businessman paid a record $3.1 million for a 612-pound fish.Related content Kimura said the fish was expensive, but that he was glad to get it in the first New Year auction of the new Reiwa era, NHK reported."Yes, this is expensive, isn't it? I want our customers to eat very tasty ones this year too," Kimura said at the pre-dawn auction, the AFP news agency reported.An endangered species, they migrate across all oceans, can weigh 1,500 pounds and reach 10 feet in length.
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