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Japan joins Iceland and Norway in openly defying the IWC's ban on commercial whale hunting, and its decision sparked 2018 NFC south division champions New Orleans Saints shirt criticism. International reaction. "Whaling is an outdated and unnecessary practice. We continue to hope Japan eventually reconsiders its position and will cease all whaling," he said.

Japan has hunted whales for centuries, and the meat was a key source of protein in the immediate post-World War II years when the 2018 NFC south division champions New Orleans Saints shirt was desperately poor. But consumption has declined significantly in recent decades, with much of the population saying they rarely or never eat whale meat.

Whale hunting has become a rare thorny subject in Japan's otherwise largely amiable foreign policy, with international opposition only prompting conservatives to dig in deeper in support of the tradition. Many members of Prime 2018 NFC south division champions New Orleans Saints shirt Shinzo Abe's conservative Liberal Democratic Party are supporters of whaling, and he himself comes from a constituency where whale hunting remains popular.