"A 222-kilogram bluefin tuna has fetched an all-time high of 155.4 million yen, or 1.8 million USD, at the year's first auction at Tokyo's Tsukiji market. (...) It was nearly 3 times the previous record set last year.The successful bidder was a sushi restaurant chain in Tsukiji.Japanese bidders have been facing fierce competition in recent years with overseas buyers, especially from China."