Whale Meat Cookies and Other Wakayama Specialties Make Sampling Fun
2025-11-27
Whale meat cookies? Wakayama has developed a line of its delicious regional foods that lets you experience this savory delicacy in one whole, colorful set.
Two Historic Whaling Bases Collaborate to Preserve Culture and Cuisine
2025-10-29
Eastern Hokkaido’s rich whaling history and traditions of whale culture and cuisine are thriving in Abashiri and Kushiro. Both towns are happy to share.
Whale-Themed Festivals Make a Special Summer Splash Across Japan
2025-07-03
[Sponsored] Discover the deeper connection of Japanese culture to the sea in this summer’s whale-themed festivals from Yamaguchi to Mie and Miyagi.
IWC69 Report: What the Results Show Us
2025-02-17
[SPONSORED] The International Whaling Commission strayed further from its original purpose at IWC69. Should it evolve into an NGO instead of an IGO?
IWC69 Report: Nonbinding Resolutions Highlight New and Old Trends
2025-02-17
[SPONSORED] Members submitted nonbinding resolutions at IWC69, revealing a wide divide between anti-whaling nations and the ones supporting sustainable whaling.
IWC69 Report: Catch Quotas and Sanctuary
2025-02-17
[SPONSORED] IWC69 applied the automatic renewal of Indigenous whaling strike limits for the first time. With this option, is there a need for the commission?
IWC69 Report: Main IWC Agenda Items of the Session
2025-02-17
[SPONSORED] From the choice of location to language and the lack of travel support, why did the IWC69 create hurdles for developing country members?
IWC69 Report: Has the International Whaling Commission become a Zombie?
2025-02-17
[SPONSORED] Dr Joji Morishita, Japan’s non-member observer to the IWC, discusses IWC69 and prospects for the whaling commission’s future in a 5-part series.
Whales in the Japanese Landscape: A Test of Character, Past and Present
2022-06-16
Practiced in Japan as far back as 4000 BC, and humans are still chasing whales 6,000 years later, largely for a spiritual reward not measured by economics.
Whales in the Japanese Landscape: The Power of the Warrior Spirit
2022-05-25
The whaling economy was preceded by a battle to overcome a giant creature which, more than profits and losses, required a spiritual vitality.