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Australia’s Relations With Japan And Other Pro-Whaling Nations Australia’s Relations with Japan and other Pro-Whaling Nations Introduction Commercial whaling is a very controversial issue. The question whether or not to whale is an issue with many factors. Commercial whaling is the focus of a debate between pro-whaling nations such as Japan and Norway and anti-whaling nations like Australia, United States and the UK. Both sides present justifiable arguments both for and against commercial whaling Arguments for whaling Countries such as Japan, Greenland, Iceland and Norway claim they are reliant on whaling for economic and cultural reasons.Whale meat provides a key source of protein in the diet and the sale of whale meat and products made from whales provides an economic foundation for these communities. These societies are centred on a cultural tradition of whaling. This small-scale coastal whaling is prohibited by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Some argue this is causing continuing social and economic hardship for people whose traditional customs and lifestyle directly relate to the whaling culture. Japan claims that small-scale exploitation of whales pose no threat to whale populations yet is critical to the survival of their society. Japan along with many nations have a long history and tradition of whaling and it is part of their culture. Anti-whaling countries whaling, whale, nations, whales, japan, species, commercial, cultural, based, australia, suffering, international, hunting, economic, arguments, argument, against, united, traditional, states, small-scale, slaughter, right, populations, population, meat, made, japanese, iwc, issue, factors, countries, considered, claim, both, being