Tuna fetches over $100,000 at auction

Market official Takashi Yoshida said that the 128kg tuna was sold for 9.63 million yen ($104,700). This is the highest amount a tuna has been sold for since 2001 when an all-time record of 20 million yen was paid for a Japanese bluefin tuna.

According to Mr Yoshida, the buyers were a Hong Kong sushi bar owner and a Japanese competitor, who agreed to share the fish.

He said that the price has increased because of the shortage of domestic bluefin.