I don’t think that’s relevant to the discussion here, because Japan does not hunt Right whales. Japan’s fishing ministry only allows hunting of Minke, Bryde’s,

I don’t think that’s relevant to the discussion here, because Japan does not hunt Right whales. Japan’s fishing ministry only allows hunting of Minke, Bryde’s, and Sei whales [1] - and in limited numbers which would not endanger the overall population of those species. [1] https://us.whales.org/our-4-goals/stop-whaling/whaling-in-japan/ https://us.whales.org/our-4-goals/stop-whaling/whaling-in-ja...