Killing whales to reduce climate change? I don't think so...

I've just been reading an interesting article in Tuesday's English-language Japan Times. Journalist Bharti Legros eats some whale meat at a restaurant in Shibuya, Tokyo, but then explores the different aspects of the whaling issue - including quotes from our own Junichi (one of the Tokyo 2, recently detained for uncovering a whale meat scandal) and Wakao, both from the Greenpeace Japan office. I'd like to have seen the print version; Frode, our Nordic campaigner currently visiting Tokyo, says "Sadly, the online version [of the Japan Times article] does not cover the views from the street, where six people are asked if they eat whale and how often. One has it a few times a year but is not particularly excited about it. Four are definitely not whale meat lovers. The only pro-whaling voice is the only non-Japanese asked, a grad... [read full story]