[Kozak]

70 tons of whale meat was left unsold from a catch of 1,873 tons after the fleet returned to port in spring 2001

Oh please, now you are just reaching. Big deal, they didn't manage to eat 100%. I bet if they could export it around the world it would get snapped up. After all the Norwegians Eskimos and Russians all whale or would if permitted. But greenie wienies have made whales a holy icon.

[MarMema]

Looks more like they wasted about 1/4 of their catch that year and the news and web is filled with Japanese saying they don’t eat whale.