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

A bluefintunasold for 193.2millionyen ($1.8million) in thefirstauctionof the new year atTokyo's Toyosu fish market, thesecond-highestprice on record, NHK broadcaster reported.

Thetunawas caught off northern Aomori Prefecture and weighed 276 kilograms (608 lbs), according to NHK, which translates into a price of about 700,000 yen per kilogram.

The successful bidder was Kiyoshi Kimura, the head of the company that runs a sushi restaurant chain "Sushizanmai," NHK said.

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Last year Kimura paid a record 333.6millionyen for atunaat theauction, exceeding his previous record price in 2013.