Probably this:

Under pressure from the United States, Japan agreed to give up whaling from 1988 in line with an IWC moratorium on commercial whaling (see NWHALE case).

In the 1960's, Japan caught over 20,000 whales a year, valued around $200 million. The first Japanese research "survey" produced 1,100 tons of meat and the sale of meat accounted for 1.3 billion Yen and 5.6 million pounds.


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