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Katsumaru

Whales in the Japanese Landscape: A Test of Character, Past and Present

2022-06-16
On: 2022-Jun-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.

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