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/Joe_Kangg 1d ago

And they stopped downloading movies for free?

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u/IKIR115 1d ago

Yes, he taught them how to catch tuna and that saved the film industry.

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u/yuval16432 1d ago

They started downloading cars instead

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u/Random-num-451284813 1d ago

They should've downloaded boats

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u/oochiewallyWallyserb 1d ago

Cars 1 or 2?

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u/Old_Future_8242 17h ago

The whole trilogy

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u/nikeshades 20h ago

They switched to video piracy, so now they're video pirates.