Whale meat vending machines open in Japan to promote sales after years of controversy Kyodo Senpaku Co. hopes to open 100 vending machines dispensing whale meat across Japan in five years.

Whale meat has long been a source of controversy but sales in the new vending machines have quietly gotten off to a good start, the operator says. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience ...

The products on sale mainly contain whale caught in Japan, a company spokesperson said, with prices ranging from 1,000 yen ($8) to 3,000 yen ($23).

A Japanese whaling company is opening vending machines to drive up demand for whale meat. The machines will sell whale sashimi, whale bacon, whale skin, whale steak, and canned whale meat. Prices ...

In 2021, whale meat consumption in Japan totaled 1,000 tons in 2021, compared with 2.6 million tons for chicken and 1.3 million for beef, according to government data. Whale meat consumption was ...

Pushing an entire species to extinction to preserve it doesn’t sound like a smart play. Others argue that whale meat didn’t even take off in Japan until after World War 2 when other meat was ...

A Japanese whaling firm unveiled vending machines offering whale sashimi, whale steak and whale bacon in Yokohama on Tuesday in hopes of reviving sales of a food long in decline and shunned by ...