Kiyoshi Kimura will serve the fish at his sushi restaurants KYODO NEWSA self-proclaimed “sushi king” paid £1.37 million for a giant blue-fin tuna at Tokyo’s main fish market today. Kiyoshi Kimura handed over the second-highest amount ever paid for a giant tuna since 1999, when records began. He already holds that particular record, having paid £2.4 million for a tuna fish last year. “This is the best,” he said as he surveyed his latest 276kg (608lb) prize after the annual new year auction. Bluefin tuna are prized in Japan in particular KYODO NEWSThe tuna, caught off the Aomori region in northern Japan, is destined for Mr Kimura’s restaurant chain, Sushi Zanmai.

Source: The Times January 05, 2020 18:11 UTC