The Japs are not hunting endangered whales (blues, humpbacks, rights et al.) At least they are not supposed to be. If anyone has evidence to the contrary please present it. Otherwise they can grab a limited number of Minkes. Chill out!
Please present proof that these whales are not endangered then I will give you the argument.
Not true. In 2007 Japan set out to hunt 50 humpbacks, again “for research purposes”.
The only reason why they didn’t that year was due to international pressure, not out of a sense of responsibility. Japan (and most other Asian countries for that matter) do not show any interest in “sustaining the species”.
A few years ago, a nature program showed an 14-inch baby Blue Whale "harvested" from Japanese "scientific study" of a Blue Whale hauled on board. It was an exact miniature of the mother whale, and quite sad to see—dead.