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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Natsuko FUKUE, Simon STURDEE

Hearts, Tails And Blubber At Japan Fin Whale Tasting

Guests taste processed products an exhibition aimed at promoting whale meat in Tokyo's Toyosu market (Credit: AFP)

Bite-size portions of fin whale were available to sniff and taste Friday as Japan's whaling industry seeks to rekindle appetite for a traditional protein source that has fallen out of favour.

"Once young people eat it and they realise it's good, they will eat it more and more," Hideki Tokoro, the head of Japan's main whaling firm, said at the event at Tokyo's main wholesale fish market.

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