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/lastaccountgotlocked 1d ago

He did but only because the pirates chopped off one of his hands and then said "let's call it a day".

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u/BeardsuptheWazoo 1d ago

He's going to be all right

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u/OldJames47 1d ago

Well he would be all right, but unfortunately they lost him.

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u/fullcircle052 23h ago

Yeah, he just got away from us. We walked into his room and he was just gone. We don't know where he went

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u/alghiorso 20h ago

It looks like he's dead

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u/fullcircle052 20h ago

He died?

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u/WHOSAIDROBOTWHATHUH 18h ago

I didn't even know he was sick

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u/KickPuncher21 16h ago

Our Big Bear

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u/Strength-InThe-Loins 12h ago

I didn't know we were calling him that!

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u/Im-A-Big-Guy-For-You 14h ago

Wait, does he look like he is dead or is he actually dead

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u/MadF00L 1d ago

Love Arrested Development

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u/EconomicColors 23h ago

There’s dozens of us! Dozens!

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u/RoughBenefit9325 22h ago

Criminally underrated

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u/booochee 23h ago

This guy again.

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u/IM_NOT_NOT_HORNY 20h ago

He should have taught them how to capture loose seals

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u/Buffbeard 17h ago

Well... If they cut of his left hand his right arm will be left.

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u/Connect_Split_326 1d ago

You are a very literal man

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u/amluchon 21h ago

Call your manager, we want this comped!

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u/Phone-Medical 21h ago

Cleaver girl.

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u/nydboy92 1d ago

Clever

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u/SemiSentientAL 1d ago

No, with a machete, not a cleaver.

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u/paladin_4266 1d ago

sp. cleaver

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u/Beginning-Panda-437 21h ago

No you are all left

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u/Mertoot 20h ago

Got em

Also nice reference

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u/gbot1234 23h ago

Now there’s a plot hook!

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u/Sufficient-Food-3281 18h ago

You’re a crook, Captain Hook. Judge, won’t you throw the book at the pirAAAATE

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u/extinct_cult 18h ago

RAAAAGHH I HATE THIS DOCTOR!!!

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u/LibrarianMajor4 23h ago

But they left him with nothing

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u/secretly_opossum 21h ago

Do you hear me do you feel me we gon be alright

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u/rl_fridaymang 22h ago

Shame he was a lefty

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u/Firestorm238 23h ago

Unfortunately he replaced his hand with a hook and now Japanese piracy is on the rise.

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u/sam_wise_ganji 23h ago

Captain Hookera

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u/south-of-the-river 1d ago

Thank you Baldrick

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u/Drstrangeknob 1d ago

You’re welcome Mr.B

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u/oelemuk 1d ago

them sushi roll came handy

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u/BeltfedHappiness 23h ago

They said “thanks for giving us a hand”

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u/Either_Parfait_6362 23h ago

They really took “leave him alive” way too literally. Imagine surviving that and still having to explain how your day went.