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Japan to Resume Whaling in 2019
日本將于2019年重啟捕鯨
Japan announced this week that it is leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and will resume commercial whaling in its own waters in the summer of 2019. Japan will no longer engage in controversial “scientific” whale hunts in the Antarctic as it has been doing since the moratorium on whale hunting in the ’80s. Japanese officials argue that many whale species are no longer endangered and eating whale is part of its culture. Many environmental groups and governments are urging Japan to reconsider. Regardless of its decision, commercial whaling in Japan may not be viable since younger generations do not seem interested in eating whale meat.
本周，日本宣布退出國際捕鯨委員會（IWC），并將于2019年夏季在本國海域內(nèi)重啟商業(yè)捕鯨。日本將不再像自80年代暫停捕鯨以來那樣參與南極地區(qū)有爭議的“科學(xué)”捕鯨。日本官員稱很多鯨種已不再屬于瀕危類別，而且食用鯨肉是其文化的一部分。很多環(huán)保群體和政府敦促日本三思后行。盡管日本作此決定，但其商業(yè)捕鯨或許無法落實，因為年輕一代似乎對鯨肉不感興趣。
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