Vleespotten in walviswereld

Dat is toch wel veel belastingsgeld voor een 'lekkernij' die we niet meer eten in Japan:

"In a written reply to a query on Japan's "marine aid" to developing countries, the government acknowledged pouring 617 million yen ($8.7 million) last year into St Kitts & Nevis, the tiny Caribbean nation that hosted the IWC conference.

Nicaragua, the top recipient of Tokyo's largesse, was awarded about $17 million, and the Pacific island cluster of Palau got $8.1 million. (...)"

Scale of Japan's aid to pro-whaling nations revealed (nzherald - 2006/6/24)