It’s September again! Perched on the southern tip of Japan’s main Honshu island, Taiji has long been a whaling base. But it is best...
With Yoshihide Suga taking over as the new Japanese Prime Minister, it will be an opportune time to take stock of the challenges the new...
(Above) Whale float of the Yorozuya district in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival (1st of two parts in a History of Japanese Whaling) Part 2: Prospects...
Just over a year ago, on June 30, 2019, Japan withdrew from the International Whaling Commission (IWC). A day later, on July 1, the...
More than 10 years have passed since the 2009 premiere of the Oscar-winning film The Cove, which is critical of the small cetacean fisheries (commonly...
I have sided with China and North Korea in the past. I was staying at the Friendship Hotel when I taught in Beijing, then suffering...
As 2019 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan this year, and the stories our...
Dr. Seiji Ohsumi, the Japanese expert who helped guide the study of whales for more than half a century and was also recognized...
There is broad political support in Japan for revising the nation’s whaling law, including measures for promoting whale products and preserving whale as part of Japan’s...
I still remember the taste of hard-to-swallow fried whale meat served in Japanese school lunches. I have no nostalgia for it, but when I come...
In the great ocean, a lamafa (whale hunter) engages in battle with a whale to humbly and gratefully take its life. This intense scene...
Isn’t totalitarianism from either the left or the right the common enemy of democratic countries and their citizens? Joining hands and close cooperation are...