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Whales get teeth brushed at event promoting oral health

WAKAYAMA,Japan, June 3 Kyodo -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.(Kyodo)

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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.

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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.

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[Breaking News] Year-end cleaning at whale museum in Japan

TAIJI, Japan Kyodo - Staff cleans a life-size model of a right whale and divers clean a water tank at the Taiji Whale Museum in Taiji, a whaling town in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 19, 2023, as part of its year-end cleaning activities. (Kyodo)

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Year-end cleaning at whale museum in Japan

Staff clean a life-size model of a right whale at the Taiji Whale Museum in Taiji, a whaling town in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 19, 2023, as part of its year-end cleaning activities.

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Year-end cleaning at whale museum in Japan

Staff clean a life-size model of a right whale at the Taiji Whale Museum in Taiji, a whaling town in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 19, 2023, as part of its year-end cleaning activities.

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Year-end cleaning at whale museum in Japan

Divers clean a water tank at the Taiji Whale Museum in Taiji, a whaling town in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 19, 2023, as part of its year-end cleaning activities.

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Whales' teeth brushed in western Japan

Whales have their teeth brushed at the Taiji Whale Museum in the western Japan town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 1, 2023, during the facility's annual event to raise awareness of dental health.

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Whales' teeth brushed in western Japan

Whales have their teeth brushed at the Taiji whale museum in the western Japan town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 1, 2023, during the facility's annual event to raise awareness of dental health.

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American offers 'cool-headed' info on Japan whaling town

OSAKA, Japan - Jay Alabaster from the United States points to a videotaped folding screen showing an ancient whaling operation at the Taiji Whale Museum in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on Oct. 15, 2014. The American researcher has lived in Taiji since the autumn of 2013 helping disseminate in a cool-headed manner information on life in the whaling town to the rest of the world.

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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.

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Year-end cleaning at whale museum in western Japan

Staff clean a life-size model of a right whale at a museum in Taiji, a whaling town in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 21, 2021, ahead of the New Year. A diver cleans a water tank for dolphins at an aquarium in a museum in Taiji, a whaling town in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 21, 2021, ahead of the New Year.

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Year-end cleaning at whale museum in western Japan

Staff clean a life-size model of a right whale at a museum in Taiji, a whaling town in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 21, 2021, ahead of the New Year.

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Year-end cleaning at whale museum in western Japan

Staff clean a life-size model of a right whale at a museum in Taiji, a whaling town in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 21, 2021, ahead of the New Year.

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Whaling town ordered to compensate Australian barred from museum

Sarah Lucas, 31, a member of the conservation group Australia for Dolphins, attends a press conference in Wakayama, western Japan, on March 25, 2016, after the Wakayama District Court ordered the Taiji town government earlier that day to pay 110,000 yen ($973) in compensation to Lucas after she was barred from entering the town's whale museum in February 2014. Lucas had sought around 3.3 million yen in compensation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whaling town ordered to compensate Australian barred from museum

Photo taken March 25, 2016, shows the Taiji Whale Museum in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The Wakayama District Court that day ordered the Taiji town government to pay 110,000 yen ($973) in compensation to an Australian woman barred from entering the whale museum in February 2014. Sarah Lucas, 31, a member of the conservation group Australia for Dolphins, had sought around 3.3 million yen in compensation, claiming the town's actions constituted unjust discrimination and an obstruction of freedom of thought and conscience. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Half of marine mammals caught in drive hunts in Japan exported

A small whale jumps during a show at the Taiji Whale Museum in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 26, 2015. Official statistics show about half the 760 dolphins and other small cetacean mammals caught in drive hunts off Taiji between September 2009 and August 2014 were exported, including 216 shipped to China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5 aquariums may quit Japan ass'n to keep acquiring Taiji dolphins

Photo taken May 20, 2015, shows dolphins at the Taiji Whale Museum in the town of Taiji in western Japan. Five of 34 Japanese aquariums that have dolphins are considering leaving the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums following its decision in the previous week to prohibit members from obtaining dolphins caught in drive hunts off Taiji, a Kyodo News survey showed May 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese aquariums to stop acquiring Taiji drive hunt dolphins

A dolphin show is held at Taiji Whale Museum in the town of Taiji in western Japan on May 20, 2015. The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums said the same day it will stop acquiring dolphins caught in drive hunts off Taiji after facing the risk of expulsion from a global zoo body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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American offers 'cool-headed' info on Japan whaling town

OSAKA, Japan - Jay Alabaster from the United States points to a videotaped folding screen showing an ancient whaling operation at the Taiji Whale Museum in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on Oct. 15, 2014. The American researcher has lived in Taiji since the autumn of 2013 helping disseminate in a cool-headed manner information on life in the whaling town to the rest of the world. (Kyodo)

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Whale teeth brushing show in western Japan

Whales have their teeth brushed during a show at the Taiji Whale Museum in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Taiji, western Japan, on June 1, 2021.

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Whale teeth brushing show in western Japan

Whales have their teeth brushed during a show at the Taiji Whale Museum in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Taiji, western Japan, on June 1, 2021.

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Whale teeth brushing show in western Japan

A whale has its teeth brushed during a show at the Taiji Whale Museum in the Wakayama Prefecture town in western Japan on June 1, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale teeth brushing show in western Japan

A whale has its teeth brushed during a show at the Taiji Whale Museum in the Wakayama Prefecture town in western Japan on June 1, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming with whales event in Japan

People swim around small whales in an enclosed area in the sea next to a beach in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 8, 2019, during an event organized by the Taiji Whale Museum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale teeth brushing show in western Japan

Whales have their teeth brushed during a show at the Taiji Whale Museum in the Wakayama Prefecture town in western Japan on May 31, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan whaling culture tour

Graduate students from the United States and Canada visit a whale museum in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on March 9, 2019, during a tour to learn about whaling culture in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo