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Pandemic overshadows Japan's New Year tuna auction
AFP, Published on 05/01/2021
» TOKYO - Tokyo's annual New Year tuna auction ended Tuesday without the usual jaw-dropping bidding war, with the country's "Tuna King" holding back on gunning for the top fish, citing the pandemic woes affecting the restaurant industry.
Virus fuels anti-Chinese sentiment overseas
New York Times, Published on 31/01/2020
» In Japan, the hashtag #ChineseDon’tComeToJapan has been trending on Twitter. In Singapore, tens of thousands of residents have signed a petition calling for the government to ban Chinese nationals from entering the country.
Japan 'Tuna King' buys new year catch for B54m
AFP, Published on 05/01/2020
» TOKYO: A celebrated Japanese sushi businessman, nicknamed "Tuna King", paid more than 50 million baht for a giant tuna at New Year's auction at Tokyo's main fish market on Sunday.
Sayonara Tsukiji! Relocation of Tokyo's famed fish market begins
AFP, Published on 07/10/2018
» TOKYO - Hundreds of fishmongers on forklifts and trucks rose before dawn in Tokyo to join a mammoth exodus of vendors as the world-famous Tsukiji market relocates to a new site.
Going, going, gone! Tokyo's Tsukiji holds last tuna auction before move
AFP, Published on 06/10/2018
» TOKYO - Tokyo fishmongers gathered before dawn Saturday for one final tuna auction at the world-famous Tsukiji market before it closes its doors and moves to a new site.
Last orders as Tokyo's Tsukiji market relocates
AFP, Published on 04/10/2018
» TOKYO: For decades, Tokyo's Tsukiji market has been the beating heart of a world-class culinary capital, supplying Michelin-starred chefs and drawing tourists who queue for hours to glimpse pre-dawn tuna auctions.
Operation Tsukiji: Tokyo battles rats as iconic market shuts
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» TOKYO - The operation must be ruthless, thorough and silent. Without alerting the watchful enemy, a unit of highly trained Japanese agents will throw up a ring of steel to block any escape from the vast battleground.
March 20, 1995: The sarin attack that turned Tokyo into a 'warzone'
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» TOKYO - On a sunny Tokyo morning in March 1995, passengers crammed onto the world's busiest subway for their normal uncomfortable rush-hour commute, unaware that a few minutes later their home city would resemble a warzone.
Tuna goes for $323,000 at final New Year auction
Reuters, Published on 05/01/2018
» TOKYO: In the final New Year's auction at Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market on Friday, the owner of an international sushi restaurant shelled out more than $300,000 (10.4 million baht) for a prime bluefin tuna and said he was "very happy" with the result.