A tuna the length of a motorcycle was sold to a Tokyo sushi restaurant for $1.3 million

Mr Nagao added that he hoped people would eat tuna from the Aomori region in northern Japan and “have a great year”.

The group has paid the highest price at the Ichiban Tuna auction for five years.

Last year, it produced 114 million yen for top tuna.

The highest auction price since comparable records began in 1999 was 333.6 million yen in 2019 for a 278 kg bluefin.

paid by the self-proclaimed Japanese “King of Tuna” and owner of a sushi restaurant Kiyoshi Kimura.

Opened in 1935, Toyosu Fish Market claims to be the largest fish market in the world and is known for its daily early morning tuna auctions.

Tuna wasn’t the only fish on offer on Sunday, Hokkaido sea urchins also fetched a record-breaking ¥7 million, according to the Japan Times.