A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

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

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

A massive 243-kilogram bluefin tuna has sold for a record-breaking 510 million yen, roughly $3.2 million, during Tokyo’s first fish auction of 2026.

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

A single 243-kilogram bluefin tuna sold for $3.2 million at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market's first auction of the year. Kiyomura Corp. president Kiyoshi Kimura made the winning bid, surpassing his own ...

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