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Prized bluefin tuna fetches a meagre US$146,000 at Tokyo auction | South China Morning Post

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It was a tough start to the new year for Tokyo's tuna sellers. The first bluefin tuna of the year was sold on January 5, 2022, for 16.9 million yen (US$146,000), down significantly from the 2019 record high of 333.6 million yen (US$2.9 million) . It was the third consecutive year prices at Japan’s Toyosu fish market…

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