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Staff members of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry prepare for whale meat tasting during a whale meat promotion event at a restaurant in the ministry in Tokyo November 19, 2014. Japanese government officials lunched on whale meat on Wednesday in a bid to promote Japan's new plan to resume whale hunting in the Southern Ocean, ruled out once by the International Court of Justice (ICI) earlier this year. Japan on Tuesday unveiled plans to resume whale hunting in the Southern Ocean despite an international court ruling that previous hunts were illegal, but said it would slash the quota for the so-called scientific whaling programme. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)
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