THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 5, 2022 at 19:07 JST
Yukitaka Yamaguchi, president of Yamayuki, looks over a bluefin tuna that he would eventually place a 16.88 million yen bid on. (Provided by intermediary wholesaler)
Sushi magnate Kiyoshi Kimura stunned foodies around the world in 2019 when he paid a record-high 333.6 million yen ($2.9 million) for a single bluefin tuna at the first auction of the year. [Read More]
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