The 342kg (754lb) fish was snapped up in auction by the owners of Kyubey, an upscale Tokyo sushi restaurant, and Itamae Sushi, a Hong Kong-based chain.
The previous record was set in 2001 when a 202kg fish sold for 20.2 million yen (£130,000) at the same Tsukiji market in Japan.
Sushi has become increasingly popular worldwide while the first sale of the New Year is traditionally seen as an important day for Japan's fishing industry.
Even so, the price tag surprised traders.
"It was an exceptionally large fish," said market spokesman Yutaka Hasegawa.
"But we were all surprised by the price."
Environmental groups are concerned about the levels of bluefin tuna.
The World Wildlife Fund has warned that the Atlantic bluefin will be "functionally extinct" in three years if fishing continues at current rates.
Environmental groups want to see bluefin fishing slashed or suspended.
LET ME IN is an American remake of a 2008 Swedish vampire move called Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right One In), ....... The Swedish version is already considered a classic in the genre, calling to mind the work of Anne Rice and Stephen King. It's an atmospheric adaptation of Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist's bestseller [2004] and is well directed by his countryman Tomas Alfredson.
Oskar is a 12-year-old-boy who is being bullied at school. He lives with his mother, who is loving and with whom he initially seems to have a good connection. His father is an alcoholic who lives out in the countryside. Oskar seems intelligent, has morbid interests including crime and forensics and keeps a scrap book filled with newspaper cuttings about murders. He befriends who he thinks is a new girl who moved in next door - Eli. Eli lives with an older man Håkan, a former teacher who was fired and became a homeless vagrant when he was discovered to be a pedophile. Eli is revealed to be a vampire, who was originally a boy. He was castrated about 200 years ago and was turned into a vampire. The two children develop a close relationship and Eli helps Oskar fight back against his tormentors. Throughout the book their relationship gradually becomes closer and they reveal more of themselves and in particular Eli's lengthy history.
THIS IS THE ONE TO WATCH --->
LET ME IN [2010]
The rights for the English-language film were acquired at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, where Let the Right One In won the "Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature," and Matt Reeves was quickly introduced as the director.[14] Tomas Alfredson, the director of the Swedish film, was initially asked to direct the remake, but he turned it down stating that "I am too old to make the same film twice and I have other stories that I want to tell."
The decision to make a new film adaptation has been criticized by Tomas Alfredson. He has stated on numerous occasions that he is not in favor of remaking his film. "If one should remake a film, it's because the original is bad. And I don't think mine is", he said. He also opined that
remakes should be made of movies that aren't very good, that gives you the chance to fix whatever has gone wrong.
"I'm very proud of my movie and I think it's great, but the Americans might have another opinion. The saddest thing for me would be to see this beautiful story made into something mainstream. I don't like to whine, but of course – if you spent years on painting a picture, you'd hate to hear buzz about a copy even before your preview."
Howard Webb's kids have vehemently denied their father is a secret Manchester Utd fan.
"He is totally unbiased" said 22 yr old Trafford Webb at the family home 'Carrington' yesterday, " I don't know where the press get these stories from .... you can ask anyone in the family ".
The rumour was also rubbished by Webb's other sons Alex [18], Eric [16], Rio [10], Christiano [9] and Wayne [8] on a day out at a local park with the family pets Scholdsie [an English Pitbull], Keano [an Irish Setter], Cantona [a French Poodle], Solskjær [a Norwegian ridgeback] and Schmeichel [a Great Dane].
Mrs Webb [Fergie to her friends] was unavailable for comment, after the recent death of her Welsh Corgi [Gigsie] during a day trip to Manchester.
Spirit Of Shankly has recently contacted LFC to discuss with them the treatment of supporters at Old Trafford, in particular being denied access to toilets. There have in recent seasons, been a number of problems caused by this refusal to allow supporters their basic rights to access the toilet and other facilities, often for over one hour.
* Today they were allowed to use them and guess what ?, they smashed them up and caused substantial flooding to some OT offices *
Today's result - Manchester United 1 - Liverpool FC 0
El Mundo Deportivo claims the Spanish international will don the famous shirt next season after agreeing a deal with the Catalan giants.
The report also states that the 23-year-old will also be given the No. 4 jersey and is expected to pen a five-year deal which will keep him at the club until June 2016.
However, Barcelona still have to negotiate the transfer with Arsenal who have already proven to be resistant to a move for their captain and talisman.
Indeed the Gunners rejected a bid from the Spanish championns for Fabregas back in June and have since insisted they have no intention of selling the World Cup winner.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may boycott next month’s Oscars ceremony because they don’t want an awkward red carpet confrontation with the host, Anne Hathaway.
The 28-year-old actress, who will be presenting the 83rd Academy Awards alongside 127 Hours actor James Franco, upset Katie by mocking her on U.S.comedy show Saturday Night Live in November.
Anne was guest-presenting the comedy show when she mimicked Katie in a sketch, speaking in breathy tones and constantly tucking her hair behind her ear.
Katie Holmes' mini-series The Kennedys will not air on the History Channel as planned, after issues were raised about the accuracy of the eight-part programme.
The actress plays John F. Kennedy's wife Jacqueline Kennedy in the multi-million dollar production, which is the most expensive programme the network has ever commissioned.
But after viewing the final product, History Channel executives determined the portrayal of the Kennedys to be inaccurate and no therefore no longer suitable for them.
Roy Hodgson has left Liverpool with Reds legend Kenny Dalglish put in charge until the end of the season at Anfield.
Hodgson found himself under intense pressure at Liverpool following the disappointing 3-1 defeat to Blackburn in midweek.
Liverpool are languishing in 12th spot in the Premier League and are sitting just four points above the drop zone.
The 63-year-old refused to answer questions on his future following the defeat at Ewood Park and speculation over his future intensified after his pre-match media briefing on Friday was cancelled.
The club have turned to former player and manager Dalglish to take up the reins for the rest of the campaign and try and rescue a wretched campaign for the Merseyside titans.
Dalglish, who wanted to return as manager before the appointment of Hodgson in the summer, will now take charge of the side for this weekend's FA Cup showdown with arch-rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford.
In a statement on the club's website, the club's principal owner John Henry said: "We are grateful for Roy's efforts over the past six months, but both parties thought it in the best interests of the club that he stand down from his position as team manager.
Forget the heroics of José Mourinho and Sir Alex Ferguson, or the genius of Carlo Ancelotti, Arsène Wenger has been the world’s best manager over the past decade – and it’s official.
The Arsenal boss topped a table complied by the ‘International Football Federation of History & Statistics’ (IFFHS) – an organisation recognised by FIFA.
The 61-year-old, whose team have not won any silverware in six years, earned 156 points while Ferguson was second (148) and Real Madrid’s Mourinho followed in third (135).
The result was calculated by combining the results of the previous 10 years of the organisation’s manager-of-the-year, which in 2010 was won by Spain’s World Cup-winning coach Vicente Del Bosque.
According to the IFFHS it was Wenger’s consistency in the 10-year period that earned him the award.
Their website stated of the man who moved to Arsenal from Japanese club Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1996: 'Although the Frenchman has until now never won the annual vote, he has been among the best-placed coaches every year.
'It is admirable how he has repeatedly moulded young players into an attacking and technically brilliant way of play.'
Arsenal have not won a trophy under Wenger since the 2005 FA Cup, but the early part of the decade brought much success for the Frenchman they call the Professor.
IFFHS – Top 10 managers 2001-2010
1. Arsene Wenger France 156
2. Sir Alex Ferguson Scotland 148
3. Jose Mourinho Portugal 135
4. Fabio Capello Italy 120
5. Guus Hiddink Holland 112
6. Carlo Ancelotti Italy 108
7. Luiz Scolari Brazil 101
8. Marcelo Bielsa Argentina 101
9. Rafael Benitez Spain 97
10. Marcello Lippi Italy 88
A homeless man with awesome velvety radio voice has dominated the front and entertainment pages of leading newspapers including the Internet and broadcast media following his 97-second sample voice-over which was later uploaded on You Tube.
Ted Williams, who roams the streets of Columbus, Ohio, begging from strangers passing by the highway for the past two years, has suddenly become a celebrity of sorts after The Columbus Dispatch posted a clip of him demonstrating his voice-over skills while begging by the side of the road.
On Thursday, Williams, who was living in a tent near a highway in Columbus, Ohio, just days ago, was in New York for an emotional reunion with his 90-year-old mother, media appearances, and to do some commercial voice-over work. On NBC's "Today" show, he described his previous 48 hours as "outrageous."
Williams, who said he attended broadcasting school once worked a WVKO (1580 AM), a former soul music radio station now offering catholic programming.
He confessed he had problems with drugs, alcohol and 'a few other things' which affected his career but he said he's been out of it the past two years.
Left homeless after his life and radio career were ruined by drugs and alcohol, Williams has been offered a job by the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, and the 53-year-old is being pursued by NFL Films and others for possible work.
A few days before Christmas, former Vice President Dick Cheney ended a self-imposed sabbatical from partisan politics to headline a fund-raiser for Maria Cino, a party operative and Bush administration official who is running to replace Michael Steele as head of the Republican National Committee.
Mr. Cheney’s heart will never beat at full strength again, doctors say. His new mechanical pump, a partial artificial heart known as a ventricular assist device, leaves patients without a pulse because it pushes blood continuously instead of mimicking the heart’s own beat. Most pulse-less patients feel nothing unusual, but the devices do pose significant risks of infection. They are implanted as a last resort either for permanent use or as a bridge to transplant until a donor heart can be found. Mr. Cheney, who has participated in some of the nation’s toughest decisions for decades, now faces a crucial one of his own: whether to seek a full heart transplant.
RTÉ understands that Roy Keane's tenure as Ipswich Town manager has come to an end after a torrid twenty months in charge of the Championship side.
News of his dismissal was reportedly delivered to the former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland captain by chief executive Simon Clegg after a meeting with ambitious owner Marcus Evans.
The Tractor Boys battled relegation for much of last season and currently languish in 19th place in English football's second tier, just three points above the relegation zone.
The beleaguered Suffolk club now face a daunting trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.
Things arguably get even more arduous for Ipswich next week, when Arsenal visit Portman Road on Wednesday for the first leg of the semi-finals of the Carling Cup.
Keane appeared to be bracing himself for the worst in the wake of Saturday's 1-0 home defeat by Nottingham Forest, saying: 'I'm doing my best and if my best isn't good enough, then I'll take the consequences.
'I don't expect you (the media) to be giving me phone calls if I do lose my job. It's the nature of the game.
'Even managers who win football matches lose their job, let alone managers who don't.'
Hundreds of dead snapper have washed up on Coromandel beaches, leaving holidaymakers perplexed.
People at Little Bay and Waikawau Bay, on the north-east of the peninsula, were stunned when children came out of the sea with armfuls of the fish and within minutes the shore was littered with them.
People with binoculars said the snapper stretched as far as they could see and boaties reported 'a carpet of floating fish further out to sea all along the coast'.
The Fisheries Ministry are currently investigating the situation and said they could not yet say what the cause was.
UNITED STATES
State officials say they are investigating a "very large" fish kill in the Chesapeake Bay, but suspect cold temperatures killed them, rather than any water-quality problems.
An estimated 2 million fish have been reported dead from the Bay Bridge south to Tangier Sound, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment, which investigates fish kills. The dead fish are primarily adult spot, with some juvenile croakers.
Agency spokeswoman Dawn Stoltzfus said bay water quality appears acceptable, and biologists believe "cold-water stress" the likely cause of the fish kill. Spot are susceptible to colder water, she said, and normally leave the upper bay by now. Water temperatures plummeted in late December to near-record lows for that time of year, about 36 degrees. The average air temperature last month was 32.4 degrees, 4.3 degrees below normal, and reached 16 degrees at its lowest, according to the National Weather Service.
Thousands of dead fish have been found along Spruce Creek, Florida.
The fish have been seen from where the creek starts near the Spruce Creek Fly-In to where it ends near U.S. 1.
Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the two recent cold snaps are to blame for the fish kill.
BRAZIL
Fishermen have found at least 100 tonnes, mainly sardines.
A survey conducted by the Federation of Fishermen’s Colony of Paraná, Paranaguá on the coast of the state, indicates that at least 100 tons of fish (sardine, croaker and catfish) have turned up dead since last Thursday off the coast of Parana.
On Sunday, representatives from the Environmental Institute of Paraná (IAP), the Secretary of State for the Environment and Water Resources (SEMA), took samples to verify the reason for the deaths. O relatório será divulgado hoje. The report will be released today.
The president of the Federation of Fishermen’s Colony of Parana, Edmir Manoel Ferreira, reports that between Paranaguá and Guaraqueçaba at least 2,800 fishermen depend on the daily seafood.
WALES
HUNDREDS of dead fish were found in a marina near Abergavenny today.
The Environment Agency said the fish, mostly bream, carp and roach, were found on the on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Goytre Wharf.
A possible reason is a 30cm drop in the water level at the marina caused by work upstream, but the cold weather, ice and a lack of oxygen are more likely to have killed the fish.
Smaller fish were found alive in the marina and initial tests showed there was no pollution.
Environment Agency officers are continuing their investigations and advising people not to remove or go near any fish.
HAITI
Authorities near the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic are investigating the mysterious death of scores of fish in a lake.
Environmental officials are testing samples, while the government tries to allay fears that it is linked to a deadly cholera epidemic.
Michel Chancy, the Haitian Agriculture Minister, said: “At this time we cannot connect this problem with cholera. Cholera affects people, not fish. The fish don’t have anything to do with cholera. Something else caused this problem. It could be something toxic, a disease.”
Samples are currently being tested at laboratories in the Haitian capital and in Mexico.
The cholera epidemic is affecting thousands across a country still struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake.
Western Kentucky sees dead bird problem
MURRAY, Ky. (AP) -- State wildlife officials say "several hundred" dead birds were found near the Murray State University campus last week.
They say grackles, red wing blackbirds, robins and starlings were among the dead animals.
New Year's Eve fireworks have been blamed for causing the deaths of thousands of blackbirds in central Arkansas last week.
The bird deaths made national headlines.
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources spokesman Mark Marraccini says someone called police about the discovery in Kentucky, and they alerted state officials.
Marraccini says tests performed on the birds ruled out diseases or poisons. He said the deaths could have been caused by weather conditions or another natural event.
Thousands Of Dead Doves Fall From The Sky In Italy
Thousands of dead birds fall from the sky in Arkansas, New York and New Jersey
BEEBE, Ark. -- Wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 blackbirds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Saturday that it began receiving reports about the dead birds about 11:30 p.m. the previous night. The birds fell over a 1-mile area of Beebe, and an aerial survey indicated that no other dead birds were found outside of that area.
Commission ornithologist Karen Rowe said the birds showed physical trauma, and she speculated that "the flock could have been hit by lightning or high-altitude hail."
