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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images A 535-pound Pacific bluefin tuna sold for $3.2 million at Tokyo’s Toyosu Market ...

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

Kiyoshi Kimura broke his own record for a giant bluefin tuna at the celebratory start-of-year auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market. He said customers would pay standard prices despite him splashing ...

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 ...

The world’s most expensive fish, a 243-kg Pacific Bluefin tuna, was sold for Rs 29 crore at Tokyo’s Toyosu Fish Market. The record-breaking purchase was made by Kiyoshi Kimura, owner of Sushi Zanmai, ...

A 243-kilogram (535-pound) Pacific bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first 2026 auction at Tokyo’s Toyosu Fish Market. Kiyoshi Kimura, owner of Sushi Zanmai, ...

WWF urges the members of the Eastern Pacific fisheries commission assembling in La Jolla, California, USA next week to maintain the catch quotas for the depleted Pacific bluefin tuna stocks Gland, ...

It wasn’t an easy number to find. Earlier this week the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean—seriously, that’s the name—released the latest ...

Caught off Honshu’s northernmost tip, the 535-pound bluefin was brought to Toyosu Market’s New Year auction, where Sushi Zanmai owner Kiyoshi Kimura claimed it with the morning’s top bid.