Video report: Whale hunting in Japan
source: http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/06/12/video-report-whale-hunting-in-japan/
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If you’ve ever wondered about the historical background of whale hunting in Japan, contemporary Japanese attitudes towards whaling or wanted an overview of this controversial issue, check out the following two part video report from Al Jazeera English.
Part one of the report gives a basic summary of the economic, cultural, societal and historical aspects of whaling in Japan. In part two (in COMMENTS section below), 101 East reporter Fauziah Ibrahim discusses issues of sustainability, culture, sovereignty, legality and allegations of corruption surrounding the whale hunt with Japan’s former whaling commissioner and a representative of Greenpeace Japan.
http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/06/12/video-report-whale-hunting-in-japan/
Part one of the report gives a basic summary of the economic, cultural, societal and historical aspects of whaling in Japan. In part two (in COMMENTS section below), 101 East reporter Fauziah Ibrahim discusses issues of sustainability, culture, sovereignty, legality and allegations of corruption surrounding the whale hunt with Japan’s former whaling commissioner and a representative of Greenpeace Japan.
http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/06/12/video-report-whale-hunting-in-japan/
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