The Hump, Kiyoshiro Yamamoto Charged With Serving Sei Whale Meat

A Celebrity Sushi Restaurant and Chef Charged With Serving Sei Whale Meat The Hump restaurant in Los Angeles, a sushi restaurant, and its celebrity chef, Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, have been charged with serving whale meat, which is illegal in the United States. It violates the...

Japan's Whaling Fleet May Run Out of Money

Japan's whaling fleet may run out of money if the Spending Review Committee pulls financing.  The new government in Japan is looking for ways to cut wasteful spending and the Institute for Cetacean Research...

'I hate whale meat,' Japan's Prime Minister confides: report

'I hate whale meat,' Japan's PM confides: reportJapan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has revealed he dislikes whale meat, a newspaper reported Saturday, in an unusual confession for the prime minister of a country...

Reducing the Demand for Whale and Dolphin Meat in Japan

Reducing the Demand for Whale and Dolphin Meat in Japan __________________________________________________________________________ 2,500 Japanese supermarket and convenience stores to stop selling whale, dolphin...

Tinned whale meat from Japan! In the name of science?

TESCO LINKED TO SALES OF WHALE MEAT IN JAPANTinned whale meat from Japan Leading UK retailer, Tesco PLC, has been closely linked to the sale of products from Japan's controversial hunting of whales, dolphins and...

More than 400,000 dolphins, killed in Japanese waters

JAPAN'S SMALL CETACEAN HUNTSMore than 400,000 dolphins, porpoises and small whales have been killed in Japanese waters over the last 20 years. The Government of Japan still allows more than 22,000 small cetaceans...

Battered Japanese Whalers Return

The Japanese whaling fleet has returned to port 305 whales short of their target.  They were hounded in their Antarctic hunting grounds by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, aboard the Steve Irwin. The...

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