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Konomu Kubo, a spokesperson for Kyodo Senpaku Co. explains how whale meat is being sold from a vending machine at the firm's store, Thursday, Jan. 26, in Yokohama, Japan.
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A customer purchases whale meat from a vending machine at Kyodo Senpaku's unmanned store, Thursday, Jan. 26, in Yokohama, Japan. The Japanese whaling operator, after struggling for years to promote its controversial products, has found a new way to cultivate clientele and bolster sales: whale meat vending machines.
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A customer holds whale meat purchased from a vending machine at Kyodo Senpaku's unmanned store, Thursday, Jan. 26, in Yokohama, Japan.
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Staff of Kyodo Senpaku Co. holds canned whale meat sold from a vending machine at the firm's unmanned store Thursday, Jan. 26, in Yokohama, Japan.
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Customers try whale meat at the Japanese restaurant "Kujira no Ibukuro" in Shimbashi, Friday, Jan. 27, in Tokyo. The Japanese izakaya style seafood restaurant started serving whale meat dishes three years ago when higher quality whale meat became available under commercial whaling.
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Yuki Okoshi, owner of Japanese restaurant "Kujira no Ibukuro" shows whale meat in Shimbashi, Friday, Jan. 27, in Tokyo.
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Yuki Okoshi, owner of Japanese restaurant "Kujira no Ibukuro" prepares a whale meat dish in Shimbashi, Friday, Jan. 27, in Tokyo.
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Shoji Matsubara, a chef of "Kujira no Ibukuro", the Japanese restaurant that serves whale meat, prepares a whale meat dish in Shimbashi, Friday, Jan. 27, in Tokyo.
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Customers try whale meat at the Japanese restaurant "Kujira no Ibukuro" in Shimbashi, Friday, Jan. 27, in Tokyo.
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