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Kiyoshi Kimura, chief of the successful bidder and sushi restaurant chain 'Kiyomura', poses for photographs with the 269 kilogram blue fin tuna, which was auctioned at the price of 56.49 million Japanese yen on January 5, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan
Friday, Jan. 06, 2012

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  • KIOSHI KIMURA,
  • owner of the Tokyo-based Kiyomura Co., on his reasons for buying a 593-lb. (269 kg) bluefin tuna for over $740,000 — the most expensive tuna ever sold
Photo: Sankei via Getty Images | Source: TIME