A minke whale is lifted from a ship at Kushiro port, Hokkaido. Japan has announced it is withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission and resuming commercial whaling. Photo: EPA
Opinion
Opinion
How Japan’s return to commercial whaling could actually kill the industry and save whales
- Jeff Kingston says Japan’s defiance of an international ban on commercial whaling could yield positive results. Tokyo can raise a nationalist banner over its exit from the agreement, but also pull the plug on a heavily subsidised industry
A minke whale is lifted from a ship at Kushiro port, Hokkaido. Japan has announced it is withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission and resuming commercial whaling. Photo: EPA