What Do Japanese People Think About Japan’s Return to Commercial Whaling? blog.gaijinpot.com
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However, under Japan’s new commercial whaling policy, the country will concentrate on whaling minke and other whales off its own coast and leave their previous hunting grounds in international waters alone.
In response to the new commercial whaling initiative, many Japanese Twitter users took to the platform to voice their curiosity, including user @rQI9ot583PtNqE0:“Is whale meat even tasty?” they wondered.
One Twitter user, @torigoyahime, posted several pictures from the local news along with the comment, “These pictures are from the local news report on commercial whaling.
They released an official statement on June 1 denouncing Japan’s return to commercial whaling, claiming that Japan is “among these last remaining pirate whaling nations” and that their return to commercial whaling is “an arrogant disregard to International Conservation Law.”They also posted the following tweet imploring Japan to conform to international law.