Big tuna

$3 a gram for tuna

Annual tradition that makes no real sense. Eventually these poor fish will end up costing extreme money like Abalone and caviar and so on - all due to overconsumption and conspicuous consumption drivers.

Sushi Zanmai always wins these major bids, but how do they sell such pricey tuna in their shops?

paying 74 million yen

Pfffffffff, some people just have waaaaay too much money to throw at ridiculous stuff.

You don't think they actually pay that amount of money, do you? It's Japanese marketing. Sheesh.

Moderator: Mr Kimura most certainly did pay that amount of money for the tuna.

I want a slice

It's a 74 million yen advertisement for Sushi Zanmai. Not that expensive compared to a primetime TV ad. And it gets covered by all the news outlets.

If they keep killing the "Tuna" in such numbers they will have to "eat a man made tuna" shortly.

"It's a 74 million yen advertisement for Sushi Zanmai. Not that expensive compared to a primetime TV ad. And it gets covered by all the news outlets."

You are probably right, but $635,000. for a few days publicity is hardly a bargain.

out of local water, lucky fishing boat that caught it. It a dream fish fishing crews dream of catching. But the place is over fish and fishing quoter should be in place for the Northern Bluefin Tuna. Outside of Osaka they now farm Northern Bluefin successfully. This is why I for backing a total ban on fishing Northern Bluefin world wide.

And here's the news: absolutely nothing has changed.

Sweet dreams!

Japan's great consumption of bluefin tuna and other marine species will not last much longer....for their will be hardly any of these animals left to make fishing for them viable. An environmental catastrophe.

Scoff into it while you can. Another two or three decades and they'll all be gone. "Only after the last fee has been cut down and the last fish eaten will man realise he cannot eat money!"