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Giant bluefin tuna the size of a motorcycle sells for $1.3 million in Tokyo

Headline from CBS News

It is the second highest price paid at the opening auction of the year in Tokyo's main fish market since comparable data started being collected in 1999.

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Reports & sources

7 articles, oldest first.

  1. Deutsche Welle

    Japan: Tuna 'as fat as a cow' sells for $1.3 million – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A titanic 276-kilo bluefin tuna has sold for $1.3 million, the second-highest price on record.

  2. CBS News

    Giant bluefin tuna the size of a motorcycle sells for $1.3 million in Tokyo (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    It is the second highest price paid at the opening auction of the year in Tokyo's main fish market since comparable data started being collected in 1999.

  3. KTVZ Bend

    Motorcycle-sized tuna fetches more than $1 million at Japan auction (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Jay Ganglani, Lisako Neriki Ancheta and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction.

  4. NBC News

    Sushi chain pays $1.3 million for motorcycle-sized tuna at Tokyo auction (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    A bluefin tuna sold for more than $1.3 million at an annual fish auction in Tokyo, in what organizers said was the second-highest bid since the event began in 1999.

  5. New York Post

    Giant tuna the size of a motorcycle sold to sushi restauranteurs in Tokyo for $1.3 million (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A bluefish tuna equal to the size and weight of a standard motorcycle was sold to sushi restauranteurs in Tokyo for 207m yen, or roughly $1.3 million.

  6. East Idaho News

    Motorcycle-sized tuna fetches more than $1 million at auction (opens East Idaho News)

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    East Idaho News's feed description

    Tokyo (CNN) — A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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