Bluefin Tuna Sells for $1.3 Million at Tokyo's New Year Auction

"Motorbike-Sized" Tuna Sells For More Than Rs 11 Crore At Tokyo Auction

The Onodera Group, which includes Michelin-starred sushi restaurateurs, paid 207m yen for the 276-kilo bluefin tuna. This is the second-highest price ever paid at the annual New Year auction.

Massive tuna sells for $1.3M at Japan auction

A company spent seven figures to acquire a massive tuna during an auction held at a Japanese fish market in Tokyo over the weekend.The 600-plus-pound tuna went to Onodera Group, a Japanese company that runs sushi restaurants and businesses in other sectors, according to a translated press release. A staggering $1.3 million (207 million yen) bid landed the company the massive bluefin tuna.The seven-figure sale was part of Toyosu Market’s first tu…

'Fat as a Cow': Motorcycle-Sized Bluefin Tuna Sells for $1.3M in Tokyo Auction

A bluefin tuna sold for 207 million yen (around $1.3 million) at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sunday, the second-highest amount recorded since the auction started collecting data in 1999.

Motorcycle-sized tuna fetches more than $1 million at auction

Kyodo/via Reuters via CNN Newsource Tokyo (CNN) — A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction. Michelin-starred sushi restaurateurs Onodera Group claimed the 608-pound (276-kilogram) fish with its million-dollar bid at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on January 5, Japanese news agency Kyodo…

Fish as Big as a Grizzly Sells for $1.3M

It's as long as a motorcycle and weighs just as much, but it sold for far more. The annual new year auction of a bluefin tuna at Tokyo's Toyosu market went to a familiar name on Sunday: Michelin-starred sushi chain operator the Onodera Group, which won the auction for its...