Anger at Japan’s whale meat vending machines
A JAPANESE whaling company has provoked a wave of criticism from animal rights activists over the installation of vending machines selling whale meat.
Kyodo senpaku opened its first kujira (whale meat) stores at two locations in Tokyo this month following trials last year.
Prices range from 1,000 (£6) to 3,000 yen (£19).
The move has been slated by animal rights campaigners, who labelled it a ‘cynical sales ploy’.
astrid Fuchs, of Whale and Dolphin Conservation, said in a statement: ‘This latest cynical sales ploy comes at a time when the fisheries agency in Japan is aiming to expand the nation’s whale-catch quotas – and possibly increase the list of species that can be killed.’