Blogposts tagged 'Whale Meat'

Japanese whaling will come to an end, the question is simply when

Posted by Junichi Sato - 2 February 2011 at 11:09am - 5 Comments
Workers unload whale meat from the Nisshin Maru
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Workers unload whale meat from the Nisshin Maru

On December 22, 2010 - the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) acknowledged and publicly apologised for embezzlement within the whaling industry. An official from the powerful agency gave a 90 degree bow of apology on national television and explained that five officers were being punished for accepting around 272,000 yen (approximately US$3,000) worth of whale meat ‘gifts’.

Article tagged as: japan, oceans, tokyo two, whale meat, whales, whaling

Whale meat scandal updates

Posted by jossc - 30 July 2008 at 10:48am - 0 Comments

Get the latest updates on the whale meat smuggling scandal

Updates on the scandal involving the corrupt and powerful Japanese whaling industry (which is funded with taxpayers' money). Plus ways in which you can support our two activists, Junichi and Toru, who are still awaiting trial for intercepting a box of stolen whale meat, and delivering it to the police.

Full story on Greenpeace International website »

Article tagged as: japan, japanese fisheries agency, southern ocean, whale meat, whaling

Activists charged for exposing whale meat scandal

Posted by jossc - 10 July 2008 at 3:24pm - 0 Comments

Update July 15 2008: After 23 days on remand Junichi and Toru have finally been released on bail today. We'd like to say a huge thank you to the many international Non-Governmental Organisations who signed a Statement of Concern about the situation, and above all to the quarter of a million people who sent an email to the Japanese government demanding their release.

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Japan's stolen whale meat scandal: whistleblowers arrested for exposing the truth

Posted by jossc - 20 June 2008 at 11:27am - 0 Comments

Greenpeace Japan whale campaign coordinator Junichi Sato

Japanese police have arrested the two Greenpeace activists responsible for exposing a whale meat scandal involving the government-sponsored whaling programme. The two activists, Junichi Sato, 31, and Toru Suzuki, 41, are being investigated for allegedly stealing a box of whale meat which they presented as evidence.

Read more on our international site

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Undermining international opinion on whaling

Posted by saunvedan - 3 June 2008 at 5:00pm - 0 Comments

Fin Whale

It’s been reported that, after a gap of 20 years, Iceland and Norway may have resumed the export of fin and minke whale meat to Japan. These countries continue to blatantly defy the International Whaling Commission’s ban on commercial whaling, and any trade in whale meat also undermines the ban on trading in whale products under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

Article tagged as: fin whale, iceland, japan, minke whale, norway, oceans, whale meat, whaling

Whale meat scandal: police launch investigation

Posted by jossc - 20 May 2008 at 9:53am - 0 Comments

Greenpeace Japan delivering stolen whale meat to the Tokyo Public Prosecutor's Office

Greenpeace Japan delivering stolen whale meat to the Tokyo Public Prosecutor's Office

You did it! Following last week's revelation that crew members from the fleet responsible for Japan's so-called 'scientific' whaling programme had for many years been stealing and illegally selling off prime whale bacon at the end of each annual hunt, more than 40,000 of you wrote to the Japanese government to demand an investigation. Today the Tokyo district Public Prosecutor has confirmed that there will be one.

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Crew caught stealing the best whale meat from 'scientific' programme

Posted by jossc - 15 May 2008 at 9:43am - 0 Comments

Update 20th May: Tokyo Public Prosecutor agrees to launch an investigation

Crew members from the factory ship at the heart of Japan's so-called 'scientific' whaling programme have been stealing and illegally selling off the best cuts of whale meat. Our four-month investigation uncovered disturbing evidence of an embezzlement ring operating on board the Nisshin Maru, the floating factory ship which processes the whales caught by the whaling fleet's hunting vessels in the Southern Ocean.

Article tagged as: japan, japanese fisheries agency, southern ocean, whale meat, whaling
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