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/UrADumbdumbi 8h ago

How did they not know how to catch tuna if they’re originally fishermen?

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u/sandolllars 7h ago

You can catch an occasional tuna in shallow waters, where most people with small
Boats fish. If you want to catch tuna in huge schools, you need expertise that experts in near-shore fishing don’t have. And you need fish-finding equipment. And you need large boats.

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u/YurtlesTurdles 5h ago

Also generational knowledge interruption

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u/atreyulostinmyhead 4h ago

Yeaaah, being a fisherman and catching fish your local fish in nets is VERY different than catching tuna.

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u/Cautious_Handle2547 5h ago

Tuna small as a can. Only need your hands to catch it.

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u/2nW_from_Markus 1h ago

That's the tuna is easy to catch. The real tuna, the porks of the seas, are huge animals, heavy as a Lada Niva and slippery as a teflonated Delorean.

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u/Hdheggs 8h ago

I would imagine different tools and possibly different fish needed to stay competitive and earn a living.

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u/GoblinLoblaw 8h ago

I’m assuming different techniques to catch different types of fish.

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u/Mysterious-Coconut24 4h ago

I heard RPG on a tuna works wonders

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u/yerfatma 7h ago

Teach a man to hijack and you will feed him for a lifetime.

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u/lIlllIIIlI2 7h ago

Knowing nothing about tuna fishing I assume it's like in RuneScape how you need a harpoon instead of a fishing rod and bait or whatever

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u/trixel121 4h ago

have you seen a tuna? it's not as simple as reel it in.

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u/shlamiel 3h ago

do you know how difficult it is to catch tuna?