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A member of staff holds up a head of a 243-kilogram bluefin tuna at the sushi restaurant Sushizanmai

£2.4m bluefin tuna sets record at Japan auction

Cs news4 months ago05 mins

A 243kg bluefin tuna has smashed records by selling for £2.4m at Tokyo’s first fish auction of the year. The fish was bought at the Toyosu market on Monday by Kiyomura Corp, operator of the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain. “The year’s first tuna brings good luck,” Kiyoshi Kimura, the company’s president, also known as the…

What will rise of Sanae Takaichi mean for China’s ties with Japan?

Cs news7 months ago02 mins

Tensions between Beijing and Tokyo may escalate further with Sanae Takaichi poised to become Japan’s next leader, observers warn, citing her controversial positions on the Taiwan issue and Japanese wartime history. Takaichi, a former internal affairs minister known for her conservative views, was chosen to lead Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Saturday in…