Number of minke whales killed Japan 2014-2023

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Catharina Klein,
Nov 18, 2024

In 2023, Japan took 83 minke whales through commercial whaling, up from 58 hunted minke whales in the previous year. 
Whaling in Japan is subsidized by the government and was conducted under the scientific research provision in agreement with the International Whaling Commission (IWC) up until mid-2019. At the end of 2018, the Japanese government announced to resume commercial whaling in the country's territorial waters.

Number of minke whales hunted in Japan from 2014 to 2023

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November 2024

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Japan

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2014 to 2023

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*According to the source, Japanese whaling was carried out under Article VIII ('scientific whaling') since 1988. In 2014 however, the UN's International Court of Justice determined that Japan's Antarctic whaling was commercial and therefore illegal. In 2018, the Japanese government withdrew from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to officially resume commercial whaling in Japanese waters.

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