Japan to Resume Whaling in 2019

日本将于2019年重启捕鲸

Japan announced this week that it is leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and will resume commercial whaling in its own waters in the summer of 2019. Japan will no longer engage in controversial “scientific” whale hunts in the Antarctic as it has been doing since the moratorium on whale hunting in the ’80s. Japanese officials argue that many whale species are no longer endangered and eating whale is part of its culture. Many environmental groups and governments are urging Japan to reconsider. Regardless of its decision, commercial whaling in Japan may not be viable since younger generations do not seem interested in eating whale meat.

本周，日本宣布退出国际捕鲸委员会（IWC），并将于2019年夏季在本国海域内重启商业捕鲸yF0V+R*^=EVAI1!=。日本将不再像自80年代暂停捕鲸以来那样参与南极地区有争议的“科学”捕鲸F-N648xPBj;B)L。日本官员称很多鲸种已不再属于濒危类别，而且食用鲸肉是其文化的一部分vVLosyao_^ZA^Hwi3q^。很多环保群体和政府敦促日本三思后行u_F.uY;^OJV。尽管日本作此决定，但其商业捕鲸或许无法落实，因为年轻一代似乎对鲸肉不感兴趣kmoNVy_NjR56eAng!0pc。

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