Japan's commercial whaling ship

The Japanese commercial whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 3 is pictured ahead of its departure from the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Onomichi, western Japan, on June 7, 2022. Japan entered its fourth season of commercial whaling since the end of an around 30-year hiatus in 2019.

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