Last year, the same wholesale market at the Shimonoseki port set what was then a record 120,000 yen per kilogram for whale meat. The meat put on auction on Nov. 14 came from the most coveted ...

The auction, held at the Sapporo fish market and Shimonoseki port, featured 1.4 tons of fin whale meat caught off Hokkaido. The tail meat, known as "onomi," fetched the peak price of $1,312 per ...

Shimonoseki will be the home port for the Kangei Maru. “We are determined to continue offshore, mother ship-type whaling forever,” said Hideki Tokoro, president of Kyodo Senpaku Co., the Tokyo ...

a company unveiled a new "mother ship" at a port in the heart of the industry, declaring the investment the start of a bright new future. On April 3, a crowd gathered in Shimonoseki City ...