WHALINGEna Koide & Stella Ozaki
WHALING IN JAPAN
To what extent is whaling acceptable in the Japanese’s society?
US AS A KNOWEREna Koide Japanese Lived in four different
countries→Japan, India, China, and
Indonesia International School
Stella Ozaki Japanese and Chinese Lived in two different
countries→Japan and Hong Kong International School
WHALINGDictionary
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]
Connections 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
REAL LIFE SITUATION
http://www.kujiraya.co.jp/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBSIMBohqEQ
FACTS
Scientific Whaling Aboriginal Whaling Accidental Whaling Ban of Whaling Culture issue & Economic issue Whale meat & Land animal
HISTORY Important for Japanese
Culture & Society Yamato-Asuka period in
ancient Japan (538-710) Animal protein after
World War II Development in whaling
techniques, and technology
Obtained food, oil, etc... from whales
Whale Oil→
Whale Meat ↓
HISTORY: TIME LINE 1606: Hand Harpoons and Amitori-hou 1930: Japan began whaling in the Antarctic 1939-1945: 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
WHALING TECHNIQUES
↑Amitori-hou (Net)
Hand Harpoons→
NATURAL SCIENCE Whale products: oil, fertilizers, perfume,
soap, shampoo, etc… Right whales, humpback whales, fin, minke,
and gray whales Scientific Whaling in 1987- in order to
continue commercial whaling (hunting whales to make a profit from selling)
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…
REASON [Pro-Whaling]
Rationalism: Based on reason more than emotions and religious beliefs
Cultural Purposes Killing other animals Japanese Government →Saving the environment
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
SURVEY
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
Japanese Non-Japanese
Acceptable in Society 10 1
Unacceptable in Society 0 9
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.”
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.”
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
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
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