Protests to stop Taiji's dolphin hunts once drew hundreds and made global headlines. Today...
Jay Alabaster
Jay Alabaster is an adjunct professor at Waseda University, Hitotsubashi University, and Chuo University. He is a reporter and scholar focused on media and cultural issues surrounding the whaling issue in Japan. He currently lives in Taiji, Japan, where he is working on a book and his dissertation.
The Sankei Shimbun
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