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Japan recalls a fleet of whaling ships weeks before the hunt was meant to end.

Seoul had caused international outcry over plan to kill minkes.

Shunichi Arita, manager of Japanese-style restaurant chain Taruichi, serves whale sashimi at his restaurant in Tokyo's red-light district Kabukicho.

Toru Yamanaka

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