Name: 304490584 / News Footage / Jan 5, 2013
Uploaded: 2013-01-05
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Description: Giant tuna sells for record $1.8 million in Japan A monster bluefin tuna sells for a record-breaking 1.8 million USD in the year's first auction at Japan's Tsukiji fish market on Saturday, nearly three times the previous high set last year. The 222-kilogram (488-pound) fish, caught off Japan's northern city of Oma, fetched a winning bid of 155.4 million yen (about 1.8 million USD). Images.

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Giant tuna sells for record $1.8 million in Japan A monster bluefin tuna sells for a record-breaking 1.8 million USD in the year's first auction at Japan's Tsukiji fish market on Saturday, nearly three times the previous high set last year. The 222-kilogram (488-pound) fish, caught off Japan's northern city of Oma, fetched a winning bid of 155.4 million yen (about 1.8 million USD). Images.