Kiyoshi Kimura and his effect on Somali piracy

[u/angel_knight79]

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.

[u/south-of-the-river]

I actually thought this was fairly general knowledge tbh

[u/Meme-Botto9001 → u/south-of-the-river]

No most people believe it’s just because the third world people just want to steal shit and not work for it.

[u/roadrunnuh → u/Meme-Botto9001]

Besides, they said "I said the quiet part out loud" so now it's reddit certified.

[u/Beeeeeeeeee333333333 → u/south-of-the-river]

I guess it is? As I've now seen lots of people in these comments that have said the same. But I remember not too long ago on other social media, all anybody would refer to them as, was pirates, and no one would ever give the correct reasoning for why they now engage in piracy. People just assumed they chose to be pirates

So maybe Reddit is just better in that regard

[u/BuilderMysterious762 → u/Beeeeeeeeee333333333]

Literally! So many redditors would comment gleefully about russians who sailed in Somali oceans that they didnt go far enough in attacking them instead of asking why them Russians were so confident to stroll into another countrys ocean and start fighting with the actual people who live there

[u/ImaginationHopeful45 → u/BuilderMysterious762]

What do you mean by "another country's ocean"?

[u/official146 → u/ImaginationHopeful45]

Russians always barge into other countries' territory for no apparent reason,dont they?

[u/TARE104KA → u/ImaginationHopeful45]

Iirc by some international law, there's a specific distance from the country border, where the waters are considered as territory of that country. After that, it's neutral waters. Obviously not entire fucking ocean belongs to someone.

Edit: I beleiev it's Convention on the High Seas, and Russia is part of it, so they really shouldn't be breaking the law they signed up for, but oh well, current day Russia is not exactly known for being a law-abiding country.

[u/Front_Spare_2131 → u/TARE104KA]

12 miles

[u/Apprehensive-Pin518 → u/Beeeeeeeeee333333333]

well they did choose to be pirates. the reasoning behind that choice is valid but it was still a choice.

[u/Fast_Eddie_Clarke → u/Apprehensive-Pin518]

is it a choice if you have no other option?

[u/racc15 → u/south-of-the-river]

It is not. Many people have no idea. Specially, lots of people just think they are inherently evil or lazy or something. Specially, in usa, lots of people have a very bad impression of them.

[u/south-of-the-river → u/racc15]

Tbh it has been a running joke in the international community for decades that most Americans don’t know much about other places.

[u/Empty_Horror_ → u/racc15]

Tbf in school, at least my school anyways, we were taught they turned to piracy because their Nation has so little resources and everyone was living in abject poverty.

[u/OrinocoHaram → u/south-of-the-river]

no, the economic causes behind the rise of piracy in Somalia starting 30 years ago is not common knowledge lol

[u/south-of-the-river → u/OrinocoHaram]

I mean this might be country dependent. I recall learning this when I was a kid at school.

[u/OrinocoHaram → u/south-of-the-river]

and how was school in Somalia? lol.

I didn't learn about this but I do remember Somali pirates being a bit of a thing in the news when i was a kid. Maybe it's a generation thing

[u/south-of-the-river → u/OrinocoHaram]

lol, Australia.. but yeah possibly just generational/regional/etc. I think I do remember a few documentaries coming out about it too, but I do always need to remind myself that what you think is general knowledge is often not actually general knowledge.

[u/MoreCoffee331 → u/south-of-the-river]

Nope didnt know this