{"id":169315,"date":"2025-03-07T12:21:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T03:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169315&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-03-07T12:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T03:21:52","slug":"pr-event-in-fukuoka-promotes-fin-whale-consumption","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/pr-event-in-fukuoka-promotes-fin-whale-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"PR Event in Fukuoka Promotes Fin Whale Consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Tokyo-based whaling company hosted an event at Fukuoka\u2019s Nagahama Fish Market to promote domestic fin whale meat, which was reintroduced to commercial whaling in Japan last year. Attendees, including food industry professionals, sampled sushi, sashimi, and processed whale meat products. With whale meat consumption at just 1% of its peak levels, the company aims to expand awareness and market demand. It plans to harvest up to 60 whales in 2024 under government quotas. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250305\/5010027329.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-169307\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_whale-meat_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C802&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PR Event in Fukuoka Promotes Fin Whale Consumption\" width=\"1400\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_whale-meat_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_whale-meat_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_whale-meat_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C587&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_whale-meat_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C440&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tokyo-based whaling company hosted an event at Fukuoka\u2019s Nagahama Fish Market to promote domestic fin whale meat&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":169312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169315","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/169315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}