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How Japan's appetite for watching whales is growing
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Japan resumed commercial whaling this year, hunting the marine giants for the first time in more than 30 years.
But evidence suggests that there may now be more of a future in watching whales rather than eating them.
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes went to find humpback whales in their nursery, 1,000km off the coast of Japan.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-49612147/how-japan-s-appetite-for-watching-whales-is-growing
