Japanese commercial whaling is a commercial whaling activity carried out by Japanese fishermen under the pretext of "scientific investigation" with the encouragement of Japan. It is the only commercial whaling activity in the world (since 1986, commercial whaling has been banned in most countries in the world), and even some rare whale species have been killed commercially, which has been widely * * * in Greenpeace.

The history of whaling in Japan can be traced back to 1000 ~ 300 BC.

In Japanese history, whale products were delicacies at grand banquets and festivals.

1906 Japan started large-scale whaling with modern technology.

The first international whaling convention was signed in 193 1 year.

1940 America gives up whaling.

The International Whaling Convention was signed.

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established.

Japan joined IWC at 195 1.

1963, the hunting of humpback whales was prohibited in Antarctica. In the same year, Britain gave up whaling.

1964 The killing of blue whales is prohibited in Antarctica.

At this time, Japan kills 22,000 whales every year.

1972, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment made a resolution calling for a ban on commercial whaling.

1976 hunting of right whales is prohibited in Antarctica, 1978 hunting of fin whales is prohibited in Antarctica.

But Japan bypassed the ban and continued whaling in the name of so-called scientific research.

After 1987, Japan temporarily stopped whaling in the Antarctic and stopped killing sperm whales off the coast of Japan the following year.

But from 1993, Japan began large-scale commercial whaling.

Japan is currently the largest whaling and whale-eating country in the world.

With an area of 32.45 square kilometers and a population of about 5,800, Hotan Town, south of Tokyo, is the oldest whaling fishing village in Japan. At present, it is one of the four major whaling bases in Japan. The local people are good at whaling and slaughtering whales, and whale meat is one of the local staple foods.

Every June, the southern mallet whale will feed in the waters near Fangzong Peninsula in Hotan-CHO, and the whaling season of local fishermen will last until September.

Now that there is a quota for whaling, the fishermen in Hotan Town only have a quota of 26 southern mallet whales a year, and the price is higher than before.

The whales caught by Japanese whaling fishermen no longer belong to themselves as before, but * * * pays them to hunt whales, and the whales caught belong to Japan * * *.

Japan grants quotas to whaling fishermen every year. For example, in 2006, Zhuang Siyi, president of the foreign whaling company, obtained a quota of 26 southern mallet whales, and each whale caught must report its size and age to the relevant Japanese authorities.