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Originally Posted by steel
However, if what you are trying to refer to is why some whale species are endangered like the Blue Whale, then I see the point you are trying to raise; it was largely thanks to whalers of Western nations including the US, Britain and Europe using aggressive harvesting techniques that went primarily after whale oil (meat and the rest of the carcass was often dumped) that helped contribute to the near extinction of the whales ... not the Japanese.
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This might or might not be true. But that doesn't change anything.