date:Jan 06, 2013
e fish, Makoto Kondo, a spokesman for the Hong Kong-based sushi chain, said by phone yesterday. He also said the companys intention was to share the fish with Japanese customers.
Until last year, we took the tuna to our customers overseas, but we really wanted to deliver it to the Japanese people, so the fact that we lost is very unfortunate, Kondo said.
The bluefin, caught off the coast of Japans northeastern Aomori prefecture, will be carved into about 10,000 pieces of sushi, Kimura of Kiyom