Myklebust Japan

INTERVIEW | Hirohiko Shimizu: Managed Well, Whales Will Sustain Us Over the Long Haul

On: 2021-Sep-15

“We’ve eaten countless numbers of chickens, pigs, and cows. Whales are another living thing, but the blessings a single whale can provide are much greater.”

INTERVIEW | Hirohiko Shimizu: Japan’s Whale Research is Misunderstood, in Fact a Force for Good

On: 2021-Sep-10

Japan’s research whaling is quite rigorous, and takes a strictly conservation-based approach. The country’s weak voice internationally makes it hard to defeat unfounded criticism, however.