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At a fish auction in Japan, a bluefin tuna was sold for a record $3.2 million

Наталья Маркова • • Local news
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At the fish auction in Japan, a bluefin tuna was sold for a record $3.2 million
At the fish auction in Japan, a bluefin tuna was sold for an incredible $3.2 million, setting a record for the first auction of the new year at the Tokyo Toyosu market. The sale took place on January 5.
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This bluefin tuna weighed 243 kilograms and was caught in the waters off the northern Aomori prefecture, with a price tag of 510 million yen ($3.2 million). This achievement broke the previous record set in January 1999, when a tuna was sold for 333.6 million yen ($2.9 million).

Local restaurateurs explain such high spending at the auction as a pursuit of prestige and superstitions that claim acquiring the main lot at the first auction of the year will bring good luck in business.
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