Japan tuna sushi prices 2012 01 05

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A sushi chef displays a block of fat meat tuna from a 269 kg bluefin tuna to serve at the sushi restaurant Sushi-Zanmai near Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2012.

Yoshikazu Tsuno

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