Premium tuna fetches $100,000 in Tokyo auction
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090105/capt.f0923acbb6cc4b919ab459f71cf81cd5.japan_pricy_tuna_tok802.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=wsExNP0FVUu4v2K7eJMlVA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="A Japanese bluefin tuna that fetched nearly 10 million yen at the year-opening auction is shown at Tokyo's Tsukiji market Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. The premium tuna caught off the northern coast of Oma and weighing 282.48 pounds (128.4 kilograms) was auctioned for 9.63 million yen ($104,700), the highest since 2001, when another Japanese bluefin tuna fetched an all-time record of 20 million yen, market official Takashi Yoshida said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090105/ap_on_re_as/as_odd_japan_pricy_tuna)AP - Two sushi bar owners paid more than $100,000 for a Japanese bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish auction Monday, about ten times the average price and the highest in nearly a decade, market officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>
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