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11:54, 05-Jan-2017
Cash splashed at lucky New Year auction at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market
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A Japanese restauranteur secured a large amount of publicity and maybe even more luck for his business when he paid 74 million yen (633,000 US dollars) to win the bidding for a giant bluefin tuna at the annual New Year auction in Tokyo early on Thursday.
A Japanese restauranteur secured a large amount of publicity and maybe even more luck for his business when he paid 74 million yen (633,000 US dollars) to win the bidding for a giant bluefin tuna at the annual New Year auction in Tokyo early on Thursday.
Success in the first sale of the year at the Tsukiji fish market is supposed to be auspicious for the months ahead.
Success in the first sale of the year at the Tsukiji fish market is supposed to be auspicious for the months ahead.
Kiyoshi Kimura, the president of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, will certainly be hoping so after forking out such a lot for the prized 212-kilogram tuna.
Kiyoshi Kimura, the president of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, will certainly be hoping so after forking out such a lot for the prized 212-kilogram tuna.
Kimura often wins the annual auction. On the same day in 2013, he paid a record 155 million yen (1.76 million US dollars) for a 222-kilogram bluefin tuna.
Kimura often wins the annual auction. On the same day in 2013, he paid a record 155 million yen (1.76 million US dollars) for a 222-kilogram bluefin tuna.