Sushi chain buys tuna for record 510.3 mil. yen at New Year auction

A bluefin tuna fetched a record 510.3 million yen ($3.2 million) in the year's first auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Monday, with the sushi restaurant operator that splashed out on the fish hoping its customers will be impressed by its purchase.The 243-kilogram tuna, caught off the coast of Oma in the northeastern prefecture of Aomori, was bought by Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai."The year's first tuna brings good luck. We hope as many people as possible can enjoy it and feel energized," said Kiyomura President Kiyoshi Kimura.The tuna…READ FULL ARTICLE