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New York Times news article on how tsunamis affected the whaling industry in Ayukawahama of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture. Ayukawahama is one of the four communities in Japan that still carries on whaling, which is an ingrained part of the local culture. This area was hit particularly hard as it sits on the tip of a peninsula that was the closest land to the huge undersea earthquake. Martin Fackler reports.
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News article on post-disaster whaling and its effect on local economies
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New York Times news article on how tsunamis affected the whaling industry in Ayukawahama of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture. Ayukawahama is one of the four communities in Japan that still carries on whaling, which is an ingrained part of the local culture. This area was hit particularly hard as it sits on the tip of a peninsula that was the closest land to the huge undersea earthquake. Martin Fackler reports.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/world/asia/25whale.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
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