Popular Japanese Sushi Chain Pays Record $3.2 Million for Tuna in New Year Auction

Kiyomura Co.’s President Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants Sushi Zanmai, poses with a 243-kilogram bluefin tuna auctioned for a record 510 million yen ($3.24 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market, at his sushi restaurant in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2026. Kim Kyung-Hoon/ReutersTOKYO, Jan 5—A Japanese sushi restaurant bid 510 million yen ($3.24 million) for a single ‍bluefin tuna on Monday, by ‍far the highest-ever price paid at the annual New Year auction at Tokyo’s Toyosu ‌fish market.Weighing 243 kg (536 pounds), the prized catch went ⁠to Kiyomura Corp, the Tokyo-based operator of popular sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai.