Whale meat has long been a source of controversy but sales in the new vending machines have quietly gotten off to a good start, the operator says. Anti-whaling protests have subsided since Japan ...

A Japanese whaling operator, after struggling for years to promote its products amid protests from conservationists, has found a new way to cultivate clientele and bolster sales: whale meat vending ...

A Japanese whaling firm unveiled vending machines offering whale sashimi, whale steak and whale bacon in Yokohama on Tuesday in hopes of reviving sales of a food long in decline and shunned by ...

Whale meat has long been a source of controversy but sales in the new vending machines have quietly gotten off to a good start, the operator says. Anti-whaling protests have subsided since Japan ...

A Japanese whaling company is opening vending machines to drive up demand for whale meat. The machines will sell whale sashimi, whale bacon, whale skin, whale steak, and canned whale meat.

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, 2023, in Yokohama, Japan. A Japanese ...

CORRECTS THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S NAME TO KWIYEON HA - A customer purchases whale meat from a vending machine at Kyodo Senpaku's unmanned store, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Yokohama, Japan. The Japanese ...