In Shimonoseki, where 250 kilograms (550 lbs) of fin whale meat was flown from Hokkaido for the event, the tail meat — a delicacy known as “onomi” — fetched the day’s highest price at ...

What if I told you that there is a food product that would cause a public scandal almost anywhere in the world, but is still ...

Pilot whale meat can be ordered in restaurants like “Marco Polo” and in the four stars hotel “Hafnia” For the first time animal activists have shown evidence that an open and a black ...

Fresh fin whale meat was auctioned in Japan for the first time in nearly 50 years, with prices reaching over $1,300 per kilogram on Thursday. This marks a significant moment for Japan's whaling ...

Whale meat was available as an alternative to beef, pork and chicken at a time when food rationing was still in place. And whale oil was used as a lubricant in industry and to make margarine.

MINAMI-BOSO, Chiba Prefecture--A soft-serve milk ice cream topped with generous slices of raw whale meat. Anyone? Hanamaru Ichiba, a farmers’ market at roadside rest facility Rosemary Park here ...

Norwegian grenade-tip harpoon - photo by Kai Friis Yet, consumption of whale meat is on the decline in Norway. A 2021 survey commissioned by AWI and other animal protection groups revealed that most ...

Early this year, the company opened two whale meat stores in Tokyo, a move aimed at reviving the shrinking market for whale-related foods. Whale meat was once a staple source of protein in ...

Since resuming commercial whaling in 2006, the Icelandic company Hvalur has shipped 5,540 metric tons of endangered fin whale meat worth more than US$50 million to Japan, in defiance of a ban on ...

Undeterred by declining appetites for whale meat, and unfazed by global opposition to commercial hunts, Japan's whaling industry is doubling down. Earlier this month, a company unveiled a new ...

In Shimonoseki, where 250kg of fin whale meat was flown from Hokkaido for the event, the tail meat – a delicacy known as “onomi” – fetched the day’s highest price at ¥200,000 (RM5,820 ...