The highest priced tuna for all but one of the years came from Ōma in Aomori Prefecture in Japan’s northern Tōhoku ... Hokkaidō pulled in the highest bid. Toi Fisheries Cooperative is located ...

Currently, the tuna auctions can be viewed from an upper-level corridor for general visitors, where they can look down to see the bidding, as well as from the observation deck situated closer to ...

The winning bid again came from ... salmon, and Japanese common squid have all declined in recent years. While high-end products like bluefin tuna and sea urchin, delicacies that feature ...

The 232.6-kilogramme (512-pound) bluefin tuna -- caught off Japan's northern region of Aomori -- fetched a winning bid of JPY 16.28 million (USD 176,000), said an official at the Tsukiji fish market.

As sushi bars and omakase counters have proliferated across Texas in recent years, diners have more options than ever for devouring fresh fish with thoughtful preparations. Tuna often plays a starring ...

However, they missed out on the highest bid on record when a 278-kilogram ... that you’ll typically find in canned tuna. It’s estimated that Japan eats roughly 70 to 80 percent of the world ...

(Mainichi/Yasutaka Horii) SAKAI, Ibaraki -- A sushi restaurant constructed by this east Japan town as a ... which has successfully bid for the high-price bluefin tuna offered at the first auction ...

which heads the consortium that won the bid to redevelop the area. “We want to build facilities for sports and entertainment to move people emotionally. We want to make Japan more economically ...