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On June 15, 2014, The Lip TV televised a report that Japan’s Prime Minister had indicated that his government supported the reintroduction of commercial whaling in Japan.
On December 2, 2015, Insider televised a report on Japan’s continued whaling despite an international prohibition.
On December 8, 2015, CGTN (China Global Television Network) televised a brief report outlining New Zealand and Australia’s opposition to Japan’s plans to continue whaling.
On June 26, 2014 On Demand News televised a report of Japanese whalers butchering a whale in front of school children who were later given samples of its meat deep fried.
On October 8, 2016, D News released a segment detailing Japan’s current whaling practices and outlining the history of international opposition to whaling.
On November 17, 2016, Asian Boss televised a vox pop indicating the attitudes of a range of Japanese interviewees toward whale meat consumption and their knowledge of when the practice began.
On June 12, 2017, CGTN (China Global Television Network) televised a ten minute segment looking at the debate surrounding Japan’s supposedly research-based whaling.
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Web links, documents and video clips
In a post made in July, 2017, the International Fund for Animal Welfare detailed the inevitable cruelty associated with whaling. This post can be accessed at http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/our-work/whales/cruelty-whaling
On June 20, 2017, Sky News published a report titled 'Australia condemns new Japanese whaling laws'
The report details the Australian government's condemnation of Japan's apparent intention to renew commercial whale and Australian scepticism of supposed 'scientific whaling'.
The full report can be accessed at http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/international/2017/06/20/australian-condemns-new-japanese-whaling-laws.html
On June 16, 2017, ABC News published a report titled 'Japanese Parliament to consider law backing commercial whaling'
The report details a bill before the Japanese Parliament which is seen as a precursor to Japan resuming commercial whaling.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-16/japan-to-consider-law-backing-commercial-whaling/8623214
On April 11, 2017, The Telegraph published a report titled 'Japan's population to shrink by a third by 2065'
The report details demographic trends in Japan which suggest a dramatic population decline within the next fifty years.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/11/japans-population-shrink-third-2065/
On January 18, 2017, The Conversation published a comment and analysis by Indi Hodgson-Johnston, Antarctic Law Researcher, PhD Candidate, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania. The piece is titled 'Murky waters: why is Japan still whaling in the Southern Ocean?' and examines Japan's continued whaling in the face of international condemnation and prohibitions and the options open to Australia to attempt to halt Japan's actions.
The full text can be accessed at https://theconversation.com/murky-waters-why-is-japan-still-whaling-in-the-southern-ocean-71402
On April 1, 2016, The Huffington Post posted a comment by Katherine Ripley (later updated on April 2, 2017). The comment is titled 'The Hypocrisy of the World's Crusade Against Japanese Whaling'
Ripley argues that the only ethically consistent position for those who oppose whaling is to oppose the consumption of all animal flesh. To do otherwise, she claims, is to practise culturally based hypocrisy, favour one animal food source for protection over another.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katherine-ripley/the-hypocrisy-of-the-worl_b_9592752.html
The International Whaling Commission regularly releases data on the population numbers and general conservation status of different whale species.
This data can be accessed at https://iwc.int/status
On December 10, 2015, The Conversation published a comment by Justin Rose, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Law, University of the South Pacific and Adjunct Fellow, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England.
The comment is titled 'A necessary harvest: it's time to allow Japan to kill whales'. Rose argues for a resumption of the commercial hunting of whales.
The full text can be read at https://theconversation.com/a-necessary-harvest-its-time-to-allow-japan-to-kill-whales-51740
On December 4, 2015, Wired published a comment by Sarah Zhang titled 'The Japanese Barely Eat Whale. So Why Do They Keep Whaling?'
The comment examines the reasons behind Japan's continued whale hunting.
The full text can be accessed at https://www.wired.com/2015/12/japanese-barely-eat-whale-whaling-big-deal/
On April 1, 2015, The Japan Times published an editorial titled 'Nation's food self-sufficiency rate' which argued 'The...important question for food security should be whether a country has sufficiently diversified its sources of securing food for its people. Maintaining an open trade system and diverse sources of food imports should be the priority for Japan.'
The full text can be accessed at http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/04/01/editorials/nations-food-self-sufficiency-rate/#.WX2EE1FLdVc
On September 25, 2014, The Diplomat published an analysis titled 'Japan: Let Them Eat Whale'. Among other claims, the article suggests that the number of whales caught by Japan might decline if the operation were run commercially rather than as a government-fund research project.
The article can be accessed at http://thediplomat.com/2014/09/japan-let-them-eat-whale/
On February 20, 2012, The Conversation published a comment by Stephen Wearing, Associate Professor, Management, University of Technology Sydney, titled 'Watching whales makes more economic sense than hunting them'
The comment details the economic advantages of whale-based tourism relative to whaling.
The full text can be accessed at https://theconversation.com/watching-whales-makes-more-economic-sense-than-hunting-them-5332
On November 10, 2011, Japan Today published a comment by Glen Clancy titled 'Japanese whaling: Why the West is in the wrong'
The piece argues that Australia's sensitivity toward whaling is culturally-based and unsustainable in the context of Australians' meat-eating habits.
The full text can be accessed at https://japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/japanese-whaling-why-the-west-is-in-the-wrong
On July 2, 2000, BBC News published a report titled 'Australia accused of whaling hypocrisy'
The report published a summary of the debate for and against whaling conducted in 2000 by the International Whaling Commission. It included accusations by Japanese representatives at the IWC, that country's such as Australia which itself hunts wild animals for food, were guilty of hypocrisy when criticising Japan for sustainably hunting whales.
The full text can be accessed at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/816359.stm
In 1995, a marine animal welfare group, Breach Marine Protection UK, published a report detailing Norwegian survey data suggesting that even with supposedly more efficient killing methods the time between harpooning and whale death is unacceptable.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.whales.org.au/policies/methods.html
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