Japanese shoot sky-high tuna: 278 kg, 300 million yen, or about 20.88 million yuan

Local time on January 5, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan called toyosu market tuna auction held a New Year, a 278 kg (612 pounds) of bluefin tuna with 333.6 million yen (about 21.11 million yuan) clinch a deal, auction history record.

Tokyo, Jan. 5, 5 o 'clock in the morning, jiangdong OuDeFeng continent market began a tuna auction in the New Year. The market people mountain people sea, many buyers are attending "tuna in the New Year the first shot" in 2019. Yuriko koike, the governor has to be present to witness and congratulations.

Auction, a 278 kg of bluefin tuna to 333.6 million yen (about 21.11 million yuan) at auction clinchs a deal, or 1.2 million yen per kilogram, the auction record high since 1999.