Maybe they think the Japanese are going to reign in their whaling, and they’ll have an export market?
Sidebar: Japanese consumption of whales is bullshit. They like to cite “Tradition”, but the tradition only dates back to the post-war recovery period.
Another sidebar: I tried whale on my last trip to Japan. I can categorically say that mammals with legs taste better.
Last one I swear:
There’s only three countries in the world that still authorize whaling: Norway, Japan and Iceland.*
*For non-indigenous populations.
