Whaling in Japan
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title:
Whaling in Japan
text:
Japanese whaling, in terms of active hunting of whales, is estimated by the Japan Whaling Association to have begun around the 12th century. However, Japanese whaling on an industrial scale began around the 1890s when Japan started to participate in the modern whaling industry, at that time an industry in which many countries participated. During the 20th century, Japan was heavily involved in commercial whaling. This continued until the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on comme
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Commercial hunting of whales by the Japanese fishing industry
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_Japan
date created:
2004-08-12T16:05:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T15:52:22Z
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