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Japan: Record $3.1 million paid in New Year's tuna auction

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A Japanese sushi entrepreneur pays a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna as Tokyo's new fish market, which replaced the world-famous Tsukiji late last year, held its first pre-dawn New Year's auction.

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