The self-proclaimed Tuna King of Japan is forking over more than three-million-dollars for a giant tuna. Kiyoshi Kimura won a predawn auction today in Tokyo's new fish market for a 613-pound bluefish tuna. That species in endangered because it is prized by sushi eaters. The first fish auction of a new year is usually draws the best fish and the biggest bids. Kimura owned the previous record paid for one fish of one-point-four million dollars in 2013. His bid today was for three-point-one million dollars.
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