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Tablet showing Meiji era whaling
Painted tablet showing Meiji era whaling near Seto in modern Aichi Prefecture

History of Japanese Whaling: Transition to a Modern Whaling Nation

2020-09-18
On: 2020-Sep-18

This is the second of a two-part series on the history of Japanese whaling. Part 1: The Birth of Traditional Whaling in Japan Shigeo Nakazono is a scholar and author engaged in the research of cultural assets and sociology, and curator of the Ikitsuki Island Museum (Shima no Yakata) inContinue Reading

History of Japanese Whaling: The Birth of Traditional Whaling in Japan

2020-09-07
On: 2020-Sep-07

This is the first of a two-part series on the history of Japanese whaling. Part 2: Transition to a Modern Whaling Nation Shigeo Nakazono is a scholar and author engaged in the research of cultural assets and sociology, and curator of the Ikitsuki Island Museum (Shima no Yakata) in Hirado,Continue Reading

OPINION: Whaling Criticism is Often Melodramatic Japan-bashing

2020-02-11
On: 2020-Feb-11

I have sided with China and North Korea in the past. I was staying at the Friendship Hotel when I taught in Beijing, then suffering from the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre. I heard that their restaurant was going to serve dog meat. As I went to look atContinue Reading

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A Film 27 Years in the Making Captures Life in Whale-Hunting Indonesian Village

2019-12-12
On: 2019-Dec-12

In the great ocean, a lamafa (whale hunter) engages in battle with a whale to humbly and gratefully take its life. This intense scene was captured by Japanese photographer Bon Ishikawa,

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