The cost of removing a whale that died after straying into the Yodo River estuary via Osaka Bay in January totaled 80.19 million yen, according to the Osaka City government.
Affectionately dubbed Yodo-chan by locals, the sperm whale was first spotted on Jan. 9 in waters near the Nakajima parking area in Nishi-Yodogawa Ward, Osaka.
On Jan. 13, experts confirmed that it had died.
