books.google.com - For years, the Japanese government, the Institute of Cetacean Research in Tokyo, and environmental activists have engaged in a bitter battle over the future of Japan's whaling industry. Proponents of the practice hope to control the debate by limiting the argument to the preservation of Japan's "whaling...http://books.google.com/books/about/Whaling_in_Japan.html?id=6Rid73dnTmgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareWhaling in Japan