TOKYO, JAPAN: Tuna auction at Tsukiji market to shut out sightseers for a month

Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market will shut out sightseers from its popular frozen tuna auction from April 8 to May 8 as the excessive numbers of visitors to the auction area obstruct business transactions, market officials said Tuesday. The touring section of the auction is scheduled to reopen on May 10, which falls on Monday. Wholesale sections and eating areas in the market will remain open, they said. On Monday, more than 500 sightseers, mostly foreign, swarmed the visitors' section which has a capacity of only 70 to 80 to see the tuna auction and the excessive numbers disrupted the hauling of tunas, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government. (AP)

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