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Packs of whale meat to be sold hang at a whale meat specialty store at Tokyo's Ameyoko shopping district, on March 27, 2014. The greatest threat to Japan’s whaling industry may not be the environmentalists harassing its ships or the countries demanding its abolishment, but Japanese consumers. They’ve simply lost their appetite. The amount of whale meat stockpiled for lack of buyers has nearly doubled over 10 years, even as anti-whaling protests helped drive catches to record lows. More than 2,300 mink whales worth of meat is sitting in freezers while whalers still plan to catch another 1,300 whales per year. Uncertainty looms ahead of an International Court of Justice ruling expected Monday over a 2010 suit filed by Australia, which argues that Japan’s whaling - ostensibly for research - is a cover for commercial hunts. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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