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Japan's Flagship Whale Meat Industry Restaurant Closing

Photograph of Yushin from eerkmans on Flickr Yushin, the restaurant owned by the organizations behind Japan's whaling program and whaling fleets, is planning to close. A whaling industry spokesman says the closing is due to high operation costs and the fulfillment of promoting whale meat consumption; environmentalists attribute it to a weakening whaling industry. [via Coldmud] Related: Thar It Blows—Japanese Whaleburgers...

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1 Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, November 16, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Tagged: Japan, whaling