Japanese whale hunters defend endangered tradition

Japanese whale hunters defend endangered tradition

TAIJI, Japan - Miyato Sugimori, a senior official of a fishermen's association in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, stands by a memorial erected to console the souls of dead whales in the fishing village in the prefecture. Photo taken Dec. 24, 2012.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001178805
  • Registered date
  • 2013/1/16 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2013 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2304 × 1680 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 889.86(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

    [Breaking News]Dolphin hunt season begins in western Japan town

    TAIJI, Japan, Sept. 1 Kyodo - Fishing boats leave a port in Taiji in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Sept. 1, 2025, for the season's first drive hunt of dolphins and small whales. (Kyodo)
      Whales get teeth brushed at event promoting oral health

      Whales get teeth brushed at event promoting oral health

      A whale has its teeth brushed at the Taiji Whale Museum in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 3, 2024, in an event urging people to stay vigilant about their oral health habits.
        Whales get teeth brushed at event promoting oral health

        Whales get teeth brushed at event promoting oral health

        A whale has its teeth brushed at the Taiji Whale Museum in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 3, 2024, in an event urging people to stay vigilant about their oral health habits.
          Drifted pumice in southern Japan

          Drifted pumice in southern Japan

          KUNIGAMI, Japan, July 30 Kyodo - Photo taken from a drone shows a massive amount of pumice stones seen to have drifted toward the shore of a fishing port in the village of Kunigami in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 29, 2021, following a submarine volcano eruption off the Ogasawara islands in August. (Kyodo)
            Whale teeth brushing show held in Wakayama Pref.

            Whale teeth brushing show held in Wakayama Pref.

            SHINGU, Japan - Whales have their teeth brushed by staff at the Taiji Whale Museum in the town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, as part of a campaign to promote oral hygiene especially for children on June 2, 2014.
              Mt. Fuji in autumn

              Mt. Fuji in autumn

              OSHINO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 19, 2012, in the village of Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows Mt. Fuji, dusted with snow, making a color contrast with the autumn leaves at its foot.
                White-naped cranes in Kagoshima Pref.

                White-naped cranes in Kagoshima Pref.

                TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2008, shows a flock of white-naped cranes in the Izumi Plains in Kagoshima Prefecture. A white-naped crane in the plains is suspected of being infected with avian influenza, a local official said on Dec. 23, 2010.
                  Court rejects fishermen's plea to stop bay reclamation project

                  Court rejects fishermen's plea to stop bay reclamation project

                  TOKYO, Japan - The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal Sept. 30 by fishermen seeking to halt a controversial state project to reclaim Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture. Local fishermen argued the reclamation will damage the fishing industry. Photo taken July 6, 2005, shows the reclamation project under way in Isahaya Bay.