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Whales as a food resource

Regarding Jennie Kern's Dec. 9 letter, "Whales don't cause fish shortages": Whale meat used to be a staple food for Japanese just as beef is for Americans. It's true that Japanese people don't have... Read more . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sun, Dec 16 2007

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24 Mar 08		Japanese Food Fair  »  YouTube videoJapanese food from Hokkaido in a Japanese supermarket in Yamaguchi. The food includes stuffed squid, fish eggs on rice, half dried squid, squid in spicey fish eggs, beans, dried fish, crab, bean paste fritters and lots more. Music by Nood, "Japanese for...
06 Feb 08		Japan's role in fish consumption  »  Japan Times Concerning Misao Nakaya's Dec. 16 letter, "Whales as a food resource": In the only comment that is apropos of my Dec. 9 letter, "Whales don't cause fish shortages," Nakaya writes that the average Japanese consumes 18 kilograms of fish per year.
08 Dec 07		Whales don't cause fish shortages  »  Japan Times Regarding Misao Nakaya's Dec. 4 letter, "Hold your beef about whale meat": Nakaya argues that the consumption of whale meat is necessary to combat fish shortages. It appears to me, however, that this... Read more . . .
04 Dec 07		Hold your beef about whale meat  »  Japan Times J.H.G.'s Nov. 22 letter, "Plenty of other things to eat," motivated me to respond. It is true that only a few countries such as Japan, Norway and Iceland have hunted whales for food. Japanese... Read more . . .
22 Dec 07		Can't compare whales to cows  »  Japan Times I would like to offer a counterpoint to Misao Nakaya's Dec. 16 letter, "Whales as a food resource," by zeroing in on Nakaya's comparison of cows and whales. What starkly sets cetaceans apart from... Read more . . .
27 Feb 10		Why not spare other animals?  »  Japan Times Could someone explain to me why it's morally wrong to eat whale but not pork, horse meat, beef, etc.? Pigs are at least as intelligent as whales, and horses, well, they are amazing creatures all around. So why the special attention to whales? It smacks of...

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