Historically, fishermen in coastal towns, like Taiji in southwestern Japan, hunted whales in nearby waters. ... But it was after World War II, when a devastated Japan had few resources, that the American occupation authorities urged that whale meat be offered in classroom lunches nationwide as a cheap source of protein.
Whaling: A Japanese Obsession With American Roots
Nothing about these Antarctic whaling expeditions is historic. Japan's first whaling voyage to the Antarctic took place in the mid-1930s but the really huge hunts didn't get going until after World War Two.
Japan and the whale
mindcry wrote:
據我所知,日本從來就沒有吃鯨魚肉的傳統,是二戰以後佔領軍教他們的
你不妨去查一下紀錄,日本在2戰前就大量消費鯨魚肉了。二戰後到60年初期消費達到頂峰,那是因為炸鯨魚塊被放進中小學營養午餐。除了二戰後物資短缺,捕魚技術和冷凍保存加工技術才是捕獲量大增的主因。
江戶時代捕鯨就已經工業化,除了油脂之外,其餘材料充分運用,除了吃還能做啥。而鯨魚肉的消費據考古遺跡顯示,可以回朔到繩文時代。
你引用那篇文章的作者大西哲光,是個日本裔加拿大人,四歲就移民加拿大,他老兄應該無緣享用日本小學免費的鯨魚肉午餐。
照他的原文意思是,日本以前"不太吃"鯨魚,戰後被美國慫恿壓迫去大量吃鯨魚肉,然後虛偽的美國現在又回頭來指責日本捕鯨--日本真是無辜。 二戰結束都幾年了?隨便一些資料都可以用來打這位老兄的臉。



























































































