Tuna for 2.7 million euros auctioned in japan

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Tuna for 2.7 million euros auctioned in Japan

The 278-kilogram animal was bought by the sushi zanmai restaurant chain on saturday at the first auction this year at the new fish market in the japanese capital. The fish had been caught in oma, one of the country’s best tuna fishing grounds, at the northern tip of the main island of honshu.

Nowhere is bluefin tuna eaten as much as in japan. Overfishing, which has long been the subject of international criticism, has led to the species’ existence being severely threatened.

Kiyoshi kimura, president of the restaurant chain, had already bought the most expensive tuna at the first auction of the year from 2012 to 2017. In 2013 he paid the record price of about 1.26 million euros for a 222 kilogram bluefin tuna, which was valid until the end of the year.

The high prices at the new year’s auction are not so much due to the quality of the fish. The whole thing is a clever PR campaign to kick off the new fiscal year, which is reported on by the media every year.

Kimura said after the purchase on saturday: "i didn’t expect so much money. But since it is possible for me to buy a good (fish), I would like the customers to taste it."

The auction took place at the toyosu market, which opened in october in the port area of tokyo. The tsukiji fish market, built in 1935 and considered a mecca for fish lovers, had previously been closed despite fierce protests. Move to nearby artificial island delayed by nearly two years as tokyo struggles with soil and air pollution near toyosu. A gas production plant used to stand there.

Since april it has been consistently too warm

With a temperature of 21.7 degrees, july 2018 continued the series of warm months that began in april. The past four months were on average 3.5 degrees warmer than average. What makes it even more difficult for the farmers is the low precipitation: 120 liters are missing and thus the average precipitation of two months.

The north is hit harder

"Nevertheless, we in the county have come off lightly so far," says thomas karl. In view of the catastrophe reports from the north of the republic, the crop protection expert at the food, agriculture and forestry office in kitzingen does not want to talk about a bad harvest. "It’s been a below-average harvest so far," says karl. This is completed for cereals. Whereby the winter barley still performed the best. In wheat, rye and other varieties, however, there have been dubs.

Concerns about corn

Corn and sugar beet are currently causing concern, but so are arable and soybeans. Above all, the corn dries up, can only form small cobs because of the lack of rain. "But they’re where the energy is," says karl, and he and the farmers are hoping for more knockdowns. Then the corn could regenerate once again. "The rain on thursday was worth its weight in gold," explains karl, who measured 30 liters per square meter in mainbernheimer strabe. Whether there will be any more is still open in view of the weather forecasts. Karl expects the corn harvest to begin in some locations as early as next week. The problem: if the corn is too dry, it can no longer be ensiled and used as feed for livestock or biogas plants.

July figures

The figures from the weather station: july was 21.7 degrees, 3.2 degrees above the long-term average of 18.5 degrees. Temperatures were above 25 degrees on 23 days and above 30 degrees on nine days, including the last eight days of july. The warmest day was the 31st. July with 36 degrees. The coldest night has karl on 3. July measured at 10.3 degrees. Noteworthy: "temperatures never dropped below ten degrees in july" – measured at the station at a height of two meters.

45 percent less

31.5 liters of rain came out of karl’s measuring cup, 45 percent less than the average july, which is 56 liters. 17 liters per square meter are the 6. July down. After that there have been eight days of rain, with precipitation between one and five liters. This means that in 2018, after seven months, there is a shortfall of around 120 liters compared to an average year. Interesting still: a year ago the july presented itself completely differently and brought it on 120 liters in a month.

Pure sunshine

The fact that july will be remembered as a bright month is due to the temperatures at the end, but also the hours of sunshine. 279 has karl registered. Only in the "super summer" of 2013 were there even more, at 298. The year 2007, when the sun was only visible for 180 hours, shows that things can be different.

Labor market defies economic slump in july

Despite the stuttering of the economic engine, the german labor market is still running at around.

The difficult order situation of some companies has so far only been felt by employees in so-called helper professions and low-skilled immigrants, according to daniel terzenbach, a member of the federal agency’s executive board, in nurnberg. "In this area, the weaker economy is now visibly touching the labor market," the BA manager revealed when the july unemployment figures were published.

According to its figures, a total of 2.275 million men and women were out of work in july. That is 59.000 more unemployed than in june, but 49.000 less than a year ago, said terzenbach, who stood in for BA chief detlef scheele, who was on vacation. The unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage points to 5.0 percent. Despite this, the federal agency recorded the lowest level of unemployment in july since german reunification, as a spokesman for the agency emphasized.

An increase in the number of unemployed at the beginning of the summer break is not unusual, even if it was somewhat stronger this year than in the previous boom years, said terzenbach. Many companies postpone hiring until after summer break. "Furthermore, some young people are not immediately taken on after completing their training. Even students don’t always go straight to work after graduation."The economic downturn, on the other hand, played hardly any role in the july increase. Without seasonal influences, the number of job seekers in july would only have risen by 1,000.

Therefore, according to terzenbach’s assessment, there can be no talk of a trend reversal, despite the further dampening of the economic outlook. Even if the number of vacancies, especially in the cyclically sensitive temporary employment industry, was falling, he saw no signs of an impending job crisis. The demand for skilled workers remains high and the risk of being laid off is currently lower than ever before.

And the trend in short-time work is anything but worrying. The number of short-time workers had risen to 41,000 in may.000 at a normal level. However, the interest of companies threatened by a slump in orders in short-time work has recently grown. In june, the federal agency recorded 16,400 reports of short-time work. Compared to the previous year, their number has more than doubled, terzenbach reported. Nevertheless, the situation is still undramatic: "during the financial crisis in 2009, one in 20. Workers on short time. Currently, one in 1,000."

Federal labor minister hubertus heil continues to be satisfied with the current labor market situation. But should the economy become much more depressed in the future, "we have the appropriate labor market policy instruments to respond to this appropriately. This includes the necessary reserves at the federal employment agency, which will help to secure employment in the event of a crisis by means of short-time working arrangements," the SPD politician emphasized.

So far, however, the federal agency sees no reason to revise its current labor market forecast for 2019. So far, the nurnberg-based job placement agencies are assuming an average of 2.2 million job seekers in 2019, based on forecasts from their in-house research institute IAB. This was around 140.000 fewer than in 2018. However, depending on further developments, the somewhat more pessimistic forecast of 2.3 million could also be fulfilled.

The federal agency is optimistic about the dynamic development of employment. According to the latest data from the federal statistical office, the number of people in work rose further in june to 45.30 million, 8,000 more than in the previous month. Compared to the previous year, there were 410.000 more employees. According to the BA, the increase is largely due to a higher number of employees subject to social insurance contributions. According to the BA’s projections, 33.41 million people had regular jobs in may. Adjusted for the season, that was a plus of 20 from april to may.000.

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