Japan's tuna market, the world's largest, is taking an outsized hit from the coronavirus pandemic, pressuring restaurants and wholesalers at Tokyo's sprawling Toyosu fish market to adapt to survive.

A sushi chef holds up the head of a bluefin tuna at a restaurant in Tsukji market area in Tokyo after it was sold at the first auction of the year at the Toyosu fish market on Jan. 5, 2020. (AP ...

A bluefin tuna was sold for about 16.88 million yen (approximately $146K) at Tokyo’s annual New Year tuna auction in Japan. The 211 kgs. (approximately 465 lbs.) tuna was caught off Japan’s northern ...

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Seafood is undoubtedly the predominant protein source eaten in Japan, and tuna is by far the most esteemed and favored. As a Japanese-American who has worked as the head chef of an esteemed Japanese ...

(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The Japan Tuna Fish Market is projected to escalate from US$1.94 billion in 2024 to US$2.53 billion by 2033, registering a 2.98% CAGR from 2025 to 2033. This growth is ...

A Japanese businessman dropped a whopping $1.8 million on a massive tuna fish at a New Year's auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Sunday, according to CNN. Kiyoshi Kimura, the so-called ...

Self-proclaimed Japanese “Tuna King” and sushi restaurant owner Kiyoshi Kimura paid a record $3.1 million (333.6 million yen) for a giant bluefin tuna at the New Year’s auction at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MITO, Japan (AP) — Japan has proposed ...

Dublin, Sept. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Japan Tuna Fish Market Trends and Analysis" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Japan Tuna Fish Market is anticipated to ...