Smithsonian Magazine

See the Record-Breaking Bluefin Tuna the Size of a Grizzly Bear That Sold for $3.2 Million ...

The 535-pound fish, purchased by Japan's self-proclaimed "Tuna King," was sliced and shipped to sushi restaurants across the ...

The ‘Tuna King’ Of Japan Spent $3.2 Million On This Record-Breaking 535-Pound Bluefin Tuna

The main fish market in Toyko, Japan, the Toyosu fish market, has a long history of putting the first prized bluefin tuna of ...

Japan: Sushi king pays a record $3.2 million for bluefin tuna at Tokyo’s Toyosu market

The fish in question was caught off the coast of Oma in northern Japan, a region that is renowned for its high-quality tuna ...

Prize bluefin tuna sells for record $3.2-million at Tokyo fish market auction

A massive 243-kilogram bluefin tuna sold for a record 510-million yen (US$3.2-million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market.
Drinks

Fish & seafood in Japan: price trends and leaders in online retail in Q4 2023

Fish & seafood inflation in Japan stood at 7.770% in April 2023, according to GlobalData’s report on the prices of stock keeping units (SKUs) supplied through online retailers. In Q4 2023, GlobalData ...
Reuters

Russia joins China's curbs on Japan fish, seafood imports

MOSCOW/TOKYO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Russia has joined China in imposing restrictions on the import of fish and seafood from Japan, Russia's agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Monday. Japan ...
Los Angeles Times

Japan loves its sushi. But the fish are disappearing

MAISAKA, Japan — Every year, as July draws to a close, Norio Terada and his fellow oyster farmers submerge hundreds of scallop shells strung on wire rings into the waters of Lake Hamana. The tiny ...