World Scene: Japan
China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-06 07:41
Record price paid for tuna
The Japanese passion for sushi is apparently immune to the global economic crisis.
A plump tuna yesterday fetched 9.6 million yen ($104,300) at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, the second highest price ever. This year's first auction took place before dawn at the world's largest fish market, with 730 tunas lined up for bidding.
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