STOP JAPAN’S COMMERCIAL WHALING
JAPAN’s commercial whaling industry has been dominated throughout history by three large companies—Maruha, Nippon Suisan and Kyokuyo.
Following international pressure, this trio recently claimed to have quit the business.
But we can reveal this to be untrue.
All three companies continue to play a major role in the whale meat industry – unwittingly supported by consumers. YOU can now help us shut down the Japanese whaling fleet for good by contacting the UK and European subsidiaries of Nippon Suisan, Maruha and Kyokuyo.
Faced with consumer pressure to shut down the whaling fleet, Maruha, Kyokuyo and Nippon Suisan divested their shares in Kyodo Senpaku in June 2006, and claimed that they had left the whale trade business.
Seeking to distance themselves from killing & controversy:
Profiting from the deaths of nearly half a million great whales before the 1986 commercial whaling ban, the trio then conspired to avoid the ban and continue commercial whaling through the Kyodo Senpaku company- contracted to kill whales under the guise of ‘research’ by the Government of Japan.
Faced with consumer pressure to shut down the whaling fleet, Maruha, Kyokuyo and Nippon Suisan divested their shares in Kyodo Senpaku in June 2006, claiming they hadleft the whale trade business. But corporate records show the companies continued to support the hunt by donating shares in Kyodo Senpaku to pro-whaling ‘public interest corporations’.
They thereby provided a massive subsidy, of tens of millions of US dollars to ensure the continuation of Japan’s large-scale whaling while trying to avoid international consumer boycotts of their seafood products in the lucrative and growing US and European markets.
EIA investigations show Nippon Suisan and Maruha retain a major role in whale meat wholesale and distribution, despite denying involvement. Maruha's hunt connections do not end there; shipping documents have recently revealed Maruha is the group owner of the Oriental Bluebird tanker, used by the Kyodo Senpaku fleet to transport whale meat and refuel factory ships.
With dwindling domestic markets and business ventures that now span the globe, they are increasingly dependent on foreign markets, in particular the UK and Europe. The subsidiary companies of Nippon Suisan, Maruha and Kyokuyo can influence their parent companies and urge them to permanently shut down the whaling fleet.
Take Action Now!
> Email & Fax Nippon Suisan’s European subsidiaries
> Email Kyokuyo’s Amsterdam office
> Email Maruha’s European subsidiaries
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