Kyodo Senpaku launched three machines that peddle delicacies like whale sashimi, whale bacon, whale skin and whale steak.
in the Antarctic and resumed commercial whaling off its coasts. That moved halted the protesters, but the groups still oppose the new machines.
“The issue is not the vending machines themselves, but what they may lead to,” Nanami Kurasawa, head of the Iruka & Kujira, or “Dolphin & Whale,” Action Network, explained. Kyodo Senpaku launched three machines at the new space, which is named The Kujira Store, where it peddles delicacies like whale sashimi, whale bacon, whale skin and whale steak, as well as whale meat in cans.The company has plans to install vending machines at 100 locations nationwide in five years, said spokesman Konomu Kubo.
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