Is whaling legal in Japan?
On July 1st 2019, Japan resumed commercial whaling after leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Is Japan still whaling in 2020? In 2020 and 2021, that total rose to 383. The numbers are split between the official whalers, the government and a third category, known as “by-catch”. This year, 37 whales can be butchered and…