Buyer pays £1.2m for 276kg-bluefin tuna at New Year’s auction
The massive tuna, weighing as much as a motorbike, was the first fish to be auctioned at the fish market, a tradition that has become both a cultural and commercial spectacle in Japan
The massive tuna, weighing as much as a motorbike, was the first fish to be auctioned at the fish market, a tradition that has become both a cultural and commercial spectacle in Japan