Tsunami harpoons Japanese whaling town

The Japanese whaling town of Ayukawa has survived the wrath of environmental groups for decades, but had no defence against a giant tsunami that wiped out the industry here, possibly for ever.

One of only four communities in Japan that have continued to hunt and eat whales in defiance of international opposition, the town was already down to a single operating company, Ayukawa Whaling.

The March 11 tsunami that slammed into Japan's northeast coast took most of Ayukawa with it, destroying 80 per cent of houses and leaving 400 of its 1,400 residents unaccounted for.

The wave shattered Ayukawa Whaling's storage facility and carried its fleet of three whaling ships hundreds of metres inland where they now lie grounded and impotent.

Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports from Mizusawa on Ayukawa's flattened coastline.

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[Gritzaable]

hahah u yellow skin cunts, i'm asian but hey i fucking hate the japs for these animal cruelty 

[josephusHJ]

MOTHER NATURE'S PAYBACK!!!

[RollinOverU]

SERVED THOSE WHALERS RIGHT!

[roflcopterkklol]

Fucking terrific, shame he did not end up harpooned and sold in supermarkets.

[thedutchmasterking]

if only it happend to the nisshin maru

[Gritzaable]

@mysterypersonbc tbh i don't really give a crap what people online thinks about my opinion and i do respect other peoples one but i wouldn't say i need to do anything or change how i act online lol

[mysterypersonbc]

@Gritzaable Every one has their own opinion but you should respect our opinion like we do yours. Not going around being racist and stuff.

[Gritzaable]

@mysterypersonbc nope but everybody has their own opinion and i stick by mine i'm not going to let a randomer tell me what i should not do or say.

[mysterypersonbc]

@Gritzaable Well I may not agree with some of your laws, do you see me going around saying "I hate these fucking brits for doing (blank)"?

[Gritzaable]

@mysterypersonbc well ofc i do i just disagree with their law that whales can be legally hunted and slaughtered it just doesn't seem right to me. 

[mysterypersonbc]

@666venom999 I can only imagine what the U.S. is going to get for their meat industry.

[mysterypersonbc]

@Mk1rceme Thank you. Finally someone who has a heart.