1. Ena Koide & Stella Ozaki
WHALING
Ena Koide & Stella Ozaki

2. WHALING IN JAPAN
To what extent is whaling acceptable in the Japanese’s society?

3. US AS A KNOWER Ena Koide Stella Ozaki Japanese
Lived in four different countries
→Japan, India, China, and Indonesia
International School
Japanese and Chinese
Lived in two different countries
→Japan and Hong Kong
International School

4. WHALING
Connections
The business or practice of hunting, killing, and processing whales.
The work or industry of hunting and processing whales for food, oil, etc…
[Oxford Dictionary]
Dictionary
Accused of being “Mean and Cruel”
Ordering whale at the Sushi Restaurant
Areas of Knowledge: Natural Science and History
Ways of Knowing: Reasons, Emotion, and Intuition

5. REAL LIFE SITUATION http://www.kujiraya.co.jp/index.html

6. FACTS Scientific Whaling Aboriginal Whaling Accidental Whaling
Ban of Whaling
Culture issue & Economic issue
Whale meat & Land animal

7. HISTORY Important for Japanese Culture & Society
Whale Oil→
Important for Japanese Culture & Society
Yamato-Asuka period in ancient Japan ( )
Animal protein after World War II
Development in whaling techniques, and technology
Obtained food, oil, etc... from whales
Whale Meat ↓

8. HISTORY: TIME LINE 1606: Hand Harpoons and Amitori-hou
1930: Japan began whaling in the Antarctic
: World War II [Food scarce]
1969: All nations stopped whaling in the Antarctic except for Japan and Russia
1987: Japan begins “scientific” whaling
2006: IWC meeting in Japan; Ban on whaling is no longer necessary

9. WHALING TECHNIQUES
↑Amitori-hou (Net)
Hand Harpoons→

10. NATURAL SCIENCE
Whale products: oil, fertilizers, perfume, soap, shampoo, etc…
Right whales, humpback whales, fin, minke, and gray whales
Scientific Whaling in in order to continue commercial whaling (hunting whales to make a profit from selling)

11. PURPOSES
Blubber (whale fat): Oil in lamps and to make candles and soap
Baleen Whales: Women’s clothing, umbrellas, fishing rods, etc…
Sperm Whales (sperm oil in their heads): making candles, make-up, etc…

12. REASON [Pro-Whaling]
Rationalism: Based on reason more than emotions and religious beliefs
Cultural Purposes
Killing other animals
Japanese Government
→Saving the environment

13. EMOTION [Anti-Whaling]
Intuition: Ability to know something by using your feelings rather than considering the facts
Commercial Purposes
“Scientific” Whaling
Mean and Cruel
Endangered Species
Inhumane Killing
Japanese Culture & Tradition

14. Unacceptable in Society
SURVEY
Japanese
Non-Japanese
Acceptable in Society 10 1
Unacceptable in Society 9
55%= Acceptable in the Japanese Society
100% (Japanese): Acceptable
10% (Non-Japanese): Acceptable
45%= Unacceptable in the Japanese Society
0% (Japanese): Unacceptable
90% (Non-Japanese): Unacceptable
Parents & 11th Grade Students
Asked 10 Japanese, and 10 Non-Japanese

15. ACCEPTABLE 55%= Acceptable in the Japanese Society
100% (Japanese) and 10% (Non-Japanese)
→“Why is it wrong? We all eat animals so why is it not okay to eat whales?”
→“Acceptable, but there should be rules to set some restrictions.”

16. UNACCEPTABLE 45%=Unacceptable in the Japanese Society
0% (Japanese) and 90% (Non-Japanese)
→”Whaling as a part of Japanese culture is understandable but the things they are doing to the whales are a bit too extreme.”

17. LINKING QUESTION
“How do cultures differ with respect to the ways of knowing and areas of knowledge that they value above others?”
Western culture values emotion
Japanese culture values reasons

18. CONCLUSION Knowledge Issue:
To what extent is whaling acceptable in the Japanese’s society?
Anti-whaling: Beliefs based on emotions
Pro-whaling: Beliefs based on reasons

19. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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"Japan Whaling Assoc. -Q&A." 日本捕鯨協会ホームページ. Web. 03 Feb <

20. BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Japan, Whale Wars: Slaughter Continues Despite Protest - TIME." Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews - TIME.com. Web. 08 Feb
"Japanese Government’s Position." Consulate-General of Japan in Sydney. Web. 08 Feb
Kystdepartementet, Fiskeri- Og. "Opposition to Whaling — Arguments and Ethics”. Web. 04 Feb <

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