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The owner of a Japanese restaurant chain set a new record Saturday by paying over $ 3 million for bluefin tuna at the first year sale at the new Tokyo Fish Market , surpbading the 2013 record. [19659002] Kiyoshi Kimura, owner of the Sushizanmai network, paid 333.6 million yen ($ 3.1 million) for the 278 kilograms of fish caught off the northern province of Aomori "The tuna looks so good and very fresh, but I think I paid a lot," Kimura told the press out of the market.
"I expected it to be between 30 and 50 million yen, or 60 million yen at most, but five times more."
The event Saturday was the first Toyosu New Year auction after the closure of the famous Tsukiji Fish Market last year. to serve as temporary parking for Olimp
Kimura paid the highest price for a single fish at the New Year's sale for six consecutive years until 2017, but last year the owner from another chain of restaurants paid the highest price. 19659002] After the auction, the fish was brought to one of the branches of Sushizanmai, located on the former Tsukiji market.
Tuna is appreciated around the world for its use in sushi, but experts warn it threatened with extinction.
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