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Bluefin tuna fish sells for bargain low price of roughly US$200,000 in Tokyo auction

The first auction of the year took place despite Tokyo’s ongoing battle with coronavirus.

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Bunker down for winter with cozy tuna cushions and a five-foot tuna futon cover

Why cuddle with a body pillow when you can snuggle with your favorite tuna fish instead?

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Huge tuna fish sells for a whopping 190 million yen at the first wholesale auction of the year

The US$1.75 million bluefin tuna was bought by none other than the president of a popular sushi chain.  

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Fresh tuna sashimi vs. frozen – Can our Japanese taste testers tell the difference in taste test?

Tuna is tuna is tuna, right? Wrong!

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Greenpeace tells Obama to make ‘more responsible’ food choices after meal at restaurant that serves endangered sushi

After President Barack Obama ate at a famous Tokyo restaurant that serves rare bluefin tuna, the environmental organization Greenpeace issued a statement saying he should have made more “responsible food choices.”

“As a role model, people will naturally follow you. The global appetite for bluefin tuna has destroyed this species, pushing it to the brink of extinction. It needs to be protected,” Casson Trenor, Greenpeace’s oceans campaigner, said in a statement to Business Insider.

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