An Oma Pacific bluefin tuna, weighing 608 pounds, sold at Tokyo’s Toyosu Market. It’s one of the most expensive tuna fish to be sold in the history of sushi.

A massive bluefin tuna on Sunday sold for some $1.3 million at the first auction of the season at Tokyo's popular fish market, the second-highest ever achieved.

The Aomori prefecture is one of Japan’s leaders in the fishing industry. Its coasts boast cold and warm current sea creatures, including scallops, flounders, and some of the best bluefin tuna in ...

A bluefin tuna was sold for $1,316,835 (207 million yen) on Sunday (January 5), marking the second-highest bid at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market's annual auction since its inception in 1999, according to ...

A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new ...

Taiwan has strengthened its fresh bluefin tuna export efforts to Japan through a new partnership, following a 50% increase in ...

Sushi restaurant operator Onodera Group bought the fish at the first tuna auction of the New Year at Toyosu Market, in Tokyo, Japan on Jan. 5, 2025. According to Onodera Group, the million dollar tuna ...

The sold bluefin tuna fish, roughly the size of a motorbike, is the second highest price ever paid at an annual prestigious new year auction held in Japan. A bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, ...

The fish is typically caught in the Tsugaru Strait - a channel frequented by tuna traveling between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean - using traditional pole and line methods rather than a ...