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Author: Jay Alabaster

Jay Alabaster is a PhD student at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in Arizona State University. He currently lives in Taiji, Japan, where he is working on a book and his dissertation. You can find him on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/alabasterjay. His email is jay.alabaster(at)asu.edu.

INTERVIEW | Hidehiro Kato: Battle for Science, Sustainability over Politics in the IWC

2022-09-04
On: 2022-Sep-04

Part 2 of 2 Read Part 1: INTERVIEW | Hidehiro Kato on Optimism for the Future of Whales In October 2022, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will hold a meeting in Slovenia.  This is the second of two articles based on a conversation with Dr Hidehiro Kato, one of Japan’sContinue Reading

INTERVIEW | Hidehiro Kato on Whale Research and Optimism for the Future

2022-09-03
On: 2022-Sep-03

Dr Kato naturally hoped that the IWC would act based on the scientific results of the research. But whales had become a totem of the environmental movement.

‘Kitchen Car’ Whale Cuisine: New Dishes for a New Generation

2022-08-29
On: 2022-Aug-29

“It makes me really happy when someone tries whale for the first time and says ‘this is really good!”　ーRajiku chef Takatoyo Itahana.

A Lifelong Friend of Whaling: Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in His Own Words

2022-08-29
On: 2022-Aug-29

Abe’s legacy included overseeing a dramatic shift in Japan’s whaling policy, from the decision to withdraw from the IWC to the restart of commercial whaling.

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