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In Graphic Detail: Whaling in Japan
Article body copy Off the coast of northern Japan, the Kangei Maru, a state-of-the-art whaling ship, hauled aboard a behemoth catch: a 56-tonne fin whale. The male whale, caught in early August 2024, was the first of its species to be hunted by Japanese …