January 7, 2020 — One fish, two fish, red fish… million-dollar tuna fish.
Japanese businessman Kiyoshi Kimura, who has dubbed himself the “Tuna King,” purchased a 608-pound fish for $1.8 million at a Sunday auction.
The blue fin fetched the second-highest price in history at auction Sunday, Japanese Broadcasting Corporation NHK reported.
Caught in Aomori, a political region of Japan, the giant fish sold for 193 million yen — equivalent to nearly $1.8 million.
“Yes, this is expensive, isn’t it? I want our customers to eat very tasty ones this year, too,” Kimura said after the auction, as reported by Agence France-Presse.