Is it illegal for the Japanese to catch whales?

The Japanese began to catch gray whales beginning in the 1570s.

Norwegians caught whales off the coast of Tromsø as early as the 9th or 10th century.

Long Island and Massachusetts whalers caught right whales, which were easier to find.

Norway has announced that it intends to catch 382 minke whales over the next three years.

In the 1930-31 season, these ships caught 29,400 blue whales in the Antarctic alone.

Nor can he afford to deny the crew their chance to make money by catching other whales.

The Inuit already caught whales around Greenland since the years 1200-1300.

One carried a harpoon and a line similar to those employed in catching whales.

The need to catch whales goes back a thousand years or more in Japanese history.