The whaling industry is very common in Japan, and has formed an economic industrial chain, there are countless people every year, because the killing of whales to make a lot of money, then in theory, a whale can produce at least millions, or even tens of millions of yuan in profits, so even if some international organizations prohibit Japan from killing whales, But Japan still goes its own way and has not stopped related whaling activities.
In fact, the Japanese whaling industry, is not a day or two to develop, as early as a few centuries ago, the Japanese have a history of ocean-going whaling, so strictly speaking, Japanese whaling has a historical origin, but in fact, on some surveys, the Japanese consume whale meat every year is not much, about 30 grams per capita, according to this amount, 120 million Japanese people consume whale meat throughout the year, about 3.5 million kilograms.
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At its lowest, Japan produces an average of 3,000 tons of whale meat and 1,100 tons of whale skins per year, whale tail meat at about $60 per kilogram, ordinary meat at $20 per kilogram, and fine whale skins at $30 per kilogram per kilogram, and Japan's annual retail sales of whale fishing exceed $30 million.
The International Whaling Commission adopted the Global Convention against Whaling in 1986, which completely bans commercial whaling, but does not ban scientific whaling. Countries such as Japan have taken advantage of this loophole to hunt whales wildly. Even though blue whales, fin whales, and others are on the verge of extinction, the Japanese are still killing in a frenzy.
The Japanese love of whales has a long history, and the earliest can be as fast as the Muromachi period. In the beginning, fishermen only needed the most valuable whale fat, and the fish meat was thrown directly into the sea. Until Japan's defeat in World War II, food was seriously insufficient, in order to solve the problem of food shortage, Japan resumed ocean-going whaling, and a large amount of whale meat was served on the Japanese table.
