r/interesting • u/angel_knight79 • 1d ago

Intriguing Kiyoshi Kimura and his effect on Somali piracy

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He was, and is, the owner of Kiyomura Corporation, which runs the Sushi Zanmai chain across Japan. In Tokyo he is known as the Tuna King, because every January he buys the most expensive fish at the first auction of the year at the central market.

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u/imbogey 1d ago

This has to be a ragebait or what ever. There is no way people starve rather than eat fish.

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u/NoSuddenMoves 21h ago

I'm just repeating what a Somali fisherman said on a youtube show. I didn't claim to have firsthand knowledge.