Japan’s self-styled “Tuna King” has done it again—paying more than $600,000 for a single fish. Sushi entrepreneur Kiyoshi Kimura paid top price at the first auction of the new year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market on Thursday, bagging a prized bluefin tuna for an eye-watering 74.2 million yen (US$636,000). The head of the Sushizanmai chain is now the proud—if temporary—owner of a 212-kilogramme (467-pound) fish.

Japan's 'Tuna King' wins auction with $636,000 bid. (2017, January 6). The Manila Times, p. B5.