A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna Monday at an annual prestigious new year auction in Tokyo’s main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high. Self-styled “Tuna King” Kiyoshi Kimura’s sushi restaurant chain paid the top price for the 243-kilogram fish that was caught off Japan’s northern coast.

‘Tuna King’ pays $3.2M for fish. (2026, January 6). Daily Tribune, p. B13.