A bluefin tuna sold for 193.2 million yen ($1.8 million) in the first auction of the new year at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market, the second-highest price on record, NHK broadcaster reported.

Tuna sells for $1.8 million in first Tokyo auction of 2020, second highest ever

Kiyoshi Kimura, who owns the Sushizanmai chain, paid 333.6 million yen ($3.1 million) for the 278-kg (613-lb) fish caught off the coast of northern Japan's Aomori prefecture, or double what he had paid six years ago.

Tuna sells for record $3 million in auction at Tokyo's new fish market

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Tuna sells for $1.8 million in first Tokyo auction of 2020, second highest ever

Tuna sells for record $3 million in auction at Tokyo's new fish market