The 535-pound fish, purchased by Japan's self-proclaimed "Tuna King," was sliced and shipped to sushi restaurants across the ...

A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

Sushi Zanmai paid a record $3.24 million for a single 536-pound bluefin tuna at Tokyo's New Year auction, completely shattering previous records.

The top bidder for the prized tuna at the predawn auction was Kiyomura Corp., whose owner, Kiyoshi Kimura, runs the popular Sushi Zanmai chain.

(Corrects length of Prime Minister Takaichi's tenure to 2-1/2 months, not four months, in paragraph 3) By Irene Wang TOKYO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A Japanese sushi restaurant bid 510 million yen ($3.24 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Japanese sushi chain paid a whopping $3.2 million for a bluefin tuna fish weighing over 535 pounds at the country’s Toyosu fish ...

A giant bluefin tuna has sold for a record-breaking amount at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market in Japan. The enormous fish weighs a whopping 243kg - that's about as heavy as a fully grown lion - and sold ...

A massive 243-kilogram bluefin tuna has sold for a record-breaking 510 million yen, roughly $3.2 million, during Tokyo’s first fish auction of 2026.

In a splashy auction, a 536-pound bluefin tuna swims into the record books at $3.2M. #TunaTales #RecordBites #SushiSplurge ...

A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record US$3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna on Monday at an annual prestigious new year auction in Tokyo’s main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high ...

The pricey fish, caught off the coast of Oma in northern Japan, costs 2.1 million yen (US$13,360) per kilogram.