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WiFi, drones and sharp blades on Japan's whaling mothership
WiFi, drones and sharp blades on Japan's whaling mothership
Economy
by  AFP

In whale-motif jacket, shirt and tie plus a whale-shaped hat, Hideki Tokoro shows off Japan's new whaling "mothership", the Kangei Maru -- slicing blades, butchery deck, freezers and all. Japan also wants to resume hunting fin whales, the world's second-biggest animal after the blue whale.