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As historic Tsukiji market closes, fishmongers mournTakako Arai's (not pictured) earliest memories are of Tsukiji, playing hide-and-seek with her brother in the concrete maze of Tokyo's sprawling fish market. Years later, she now runs the family's seafood stall that sells mackerel and yellowfin tuna.
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Fishmongers in Japan mourn as historic Tsukiji market closesAs fish traders in Tokyo pack up and prepare to leave the 83-year-old Tsukiji market for a gleaming new $5 billion location, many are voicing anger at having to move.
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It's the end of an era: Tokyo’s iconic Tsukiji market is finally leaving the location it’s occupied for more than 80 years
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It's the end of an era for the world's most famous fish market, Tsukiji
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It's the end of an era for the world's most famous fish market, Tsukiji
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New Tokyo fish market starts traditionally with tuna auctionTOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's famous fish market reopened Thursday at a new location but retained its most famous tradition: the tuna auction. The customary clanging of bells opened the auction for raw and frozen tuna, which crammed the huge warehouse wall-to-wall, at the waterfront Toyosu facility. The rhythmical shouts of the auctioneers and the special hand signals by the bidders that followed were unchanged from Tsukiji, the smaller, more accessible home the market recently left after more than eight decades.
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Asian stocks sink for 2nd day after Wall Street slideBEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks fell further Friday after Wall Street slid on recession fears, putting markets in Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney on track to end 2018 down more than 10 percent. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.9 percent and the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.9 percent. The Chinese market is 2018's worst performer, down nearly 25 percent for the year. Stocks usually end the year with a flourish. But investors worry global economic growth is cooling and the U.S. could slip into a recession in the next few years.
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A 612-pound tuna sold for a record $3 million at Tokyo's new fish market, but it's got nothing on the legendary market it replaced. I visited it before it closed.The Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo was once renowned as the place to get the world's freshest fish. I visited before it closed in October so see it.
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