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In this photo taken in Tokyo last week, whale meat restaurant Magonotei manager Tomohiro Akio shows a sashi dish of raw meat of a whale caught in the Antarctic Ocean.
Makoto Ito, managing director of Kyodo Senpaku Co., the company that runs the annual Antarctic hunt, said he didn't think they should be ended, because "we need to collect more data."
Japan's refusal to give up its Antarctic hunt puzzles even observers within the country. Current coastal catches, also conducted for scientific research, provide fresher meat and are cheaper.

AP photo by Koji Sasahara

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