Taiji, environmentalists meet over dolphin hunt

Taiji, environmentalists meet over dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - Taiji Mayor Kazutaka Sangen (R), discusses dolphin hunting by local fishermen during a meeting with foreign activists campaigning against the practice on Nov. 2, 2010, in the town in Wakayama Prefecture. The first meeting between the two sides ended with no accord.

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