The 535-pound fish, purchased by Japan's self-proclaimed "Tuna King," was sliced and shipped to sushi restaurants across the ...

A massive 243-kilogram (535-pound) bluefin tuna fetched a record-setting 510 million yen ($3.2 million) during Tokyo’s first fish auction of 2026 at the Toyosu fish market. The winning bid at the ...

Winning bidder Kiyoshi Kimura, a.k.a. the Tuna King, plans to serve the prized fish in his Sushizanmai restaurants.

That’s a really big fish. This one weighed in at 535 pounds. It sold for a record $3.2 million (510 million yen) on Monday at an enormous annual New Year’s auction in Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market.

The top bidder at a Tokyo fish market said they paid $1.3 million for a tuna on Sunday, the second highest price ever paid at an annual prestigious new year auction. Michelin-starred sushi ...

Join Tom on "Take Time to Travel" for an immersive walking tour through Tokyo’s bustling Tsukiji Fish Market and the lively ...

Japan Tuna Auction Members of the press take photographs of a bluefin tuna that won the highest bid at the annual New Year auction displayed at Sushi Zanmai ...

The top bidder for the prized tuna at the predawn auction was Kiyomura Corp., whose owner, Kiyoshi Kimura, runs the popular ...

A record-breaking bluefin tuna sells for $3.2 million at Tokyo's Toyosu market, marking the highest price ever paid at the ...

A 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record $3.2 million at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

The pricey fish, caught off the coast of Oma in northern Japan, costs 2.1 million yen (US$13,360) per kilogram.