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"I hate whale meat," Japan's PM confides: report

TOKYO : Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has revealed he dislikes whale meat, a newspaper reported Saturday, in an unusual confession for the prime minister of a country that defies Western criticism of whaling. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Sat, Oct 31 2009

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