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JAPAN|

Armed piracy off the coast of Somalia has been a serious issue in the past few years.

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They attack and take over vessels using guns and rocket launchers. Their influence has even affected the global economy.

At it’s worst, there have been around 300 incidents per year. However, that number had reduced to zero in the past few years.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (translation by grape)

So how did the numbers of piracy drop off the coast of Somalia, when the number of incidents were significantly higher than other parts of the world?

Kiyoshi Kimura, a guy that helped destroy piracy

Kiyoshi Kimura is the president of “Sushizanmai”, a well-known Sushi restaurant chain in Japan.

He was one of the major contributors to reducing piracy off the coast of Somalia.There was a man who found out that pirates were doing what they were doing because they have no money or skills. This man then so