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After a long period of large-scale commercial whaling, whale species around the world are now endangered. Therefore, in 1986 an international convention was passed banning whaling. After the convention came into effect, the vast majority of countries ceased their commercial whaling activities.
Currently, the main countries that still engage in large-scale whaling are two, one is Norway, the other is Japan.
Norway has always openly opposed the ban on whaling and indeed continues to carry out commercial whaling.
As for Japan, it has continued its style of acting like a whore while setting up a chastity archway.