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Whaling Resumes in Japan
July 3 , 2019
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- Japan has resumed commercial whaling after a period of 31 years, but will do whale hunting within country’s exclusive economic waters only.
- Large scale whale meat consumption started in Japan due to post World War 2 induced poverty.
- In 1986, Japan stopped commercial whale hunting and allowed only hunting for research purposes.
- It has now withdrawn from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) so is no longer subject to its rules.
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