Japan's commercial whaling ship departs

Japan's commercial whaling ship departs

Officials send off the Japanese commercial whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 3 at Shimonoseki Port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on June 10, 2021. Japan entered its third season of commercial whaling since the end of a 31-year hiatus in 2019.

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