A huge bluefin tuna was sold for USD 176,000 in the first auction of the year at a Tokyo fish market on Tuesday, amid growing pressure on Japan to help save the threatened fish. The 232.6 ...

The onigiri has been Japan's most popular go-to meal from convenience stores and specialty restaurants for years. The tuna mayo onigiri combination has been the preferred choice in Japan since 1983.

The powerful buyers have now paid the top price for five years straight – winning bragging rights and a lucrative frenzy of media attention in Japan. “The first tuna is something meant to brin ...

In the final New Year’s auction at Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market, the owner of an international sushi restaurant shelled out more than US$300,000 (RM1.2mil) for a prime bluefin tuna and ...

“Then they go to the tuna auction on a Monday morning and bid on the fish.” Add in the 10,000 miles the bluefin swam in its round trip from the Sea of Japan to North America, and the years of ...