Self-styled “Tuna King” Kiyoshi Kimura, the boss of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai, paid a record ¥510.3 million at an annual new year auction for a 243-kilogram bluefin caught off Japan’s northern coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/companies/tokyo-blue-fin-tuna-auction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tuna #fishing #auctions #toyosu #kiyoshikimura #sushizanmai
A rebound in populations of the fish shows capitalist self-interest and regulation can work together. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/16/japan/sushi-and-tuna-extinction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #tuna #fishing #fish #oceans #food #environment #endangered
A Japanese fishing industry group is seeking to raise the profile of southern bluefin tuna, including by rebranding it as "Antarctic tuna." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/antarctic-tuna-rebrand-weighed-bluefin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tuna #fishing #fish