JAPAN WHALE EATING VOX POP
August 1st, 2006
BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo
INTRODUCTION
JAPAN'S whaling fleet returned to port in August with around 2,000 tons of whale meat. Japan describes it as "scientific whaling" that helps monitor numbers and breeding patterns; environmentalists and other governments say it is commercial whaling. What do the Japanese people think about this traditional, yet highly controversial hunt?
Kanako Nakayama, 50, a librarian from Tokyo.
"I don't eat whale, but it was an important food, especially during the war. Whale has been a traditional food for centuries ...
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