The Hump, Kiyoshiro Yamamoto Charged With Serving Sei Whale Meat

This Papapa person says the same identical thing all over the blog, he is one of the family member.

I dunno who you mean by "they"? I've lived in Japan for 10 years and met all kinds of people with all kinds of opinions. But if we must talk generalizations, traditional Japanese culture was very respectful of nature, based on the Shinto belief system. Then a certain American fellow called Admiral Perry rocked up in 1853, and basically said, "if you don't trade with us, we'll blow you up."What followed was the industrialization of Japan, at first based primarily on technologies developed in Europe and the USA. They found our ways so inspiring they even decided to copy our empire-building... WW2.... US occupation.... Miracle economy... Bubble collapse.... Huge public spending on construction et al, basically concreting the environment (following John Maynard Keynes' macroeconomic model).... Growing environmental problems and public disillusionment with politics and corruption.... Gradual awakening of citizens to their civil responsibilities and the potential of people power. (This last paragraph is pretty much the same pattern as what has happened in other developed nations).And now there is a huge and growing environmental movement in Japan, same as in the Western countries.As for fish and whales; Unless most of us drastically curb our fish eating habit, the ocean ecosystem is apparently going to collapse. The sushi boom is the worst thing for the oceans, along with long-line fishing etc. And the sushi boom is a worldwide phenomena, fueled by demand. Also, that the chef was selling whale in the US. That means there was demand for it there. It is you and I as consumers and teachers of each other who can put a stop to this.As for "sly and fake", probably every government in the world deserves this title, both yours and mine (UK) too. But to label everyone in the US and the UK as "sly and fake" because their governments lied about WMDs in Iraq is like an alien receiving a red rose in the post from earth and then assuming all flowers here are red.... Or something like that!Be groovy brother!