On July 1st 2019, Japan resumed commercial whaling after leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC). In 2021, Japanese whaling vessels hunted a self-allocated a quota of 171 minke whales, 187 Bryde’s whales and 25 sei whales. On 26 December 2018, the Japanese government announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC – the body that regulates … Continue reading Whaling in Japan