I found this interesting........
Wal-Mart pressured to make Seiyu stop selling whale meat
Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 17:00 JST
NEW YORK ??? The Environmental Investigation Agency, which has head offices in London and Washington, on Friday urged Wal-Mart Stores Inc to force its affiliated Japanese supermarket chain operator Seiyu Ltd to stop selling whale and dolphin meat.
Seiyu has said that whale meat is part of the traditional Japanese diet and sales of it "have been entirely conducted in conformity with law." The environmental group said it hired a Japanese researcher to call 202 Seiyu retail outlets to ask if they sold whale or dolphin meat, and 123 of them said yes.
Wal-Mart has a 37% stake in Seiyu. (Kyodo News)
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=290026
Wal-Mart pressured to make Seiyu stop selling whale meat
Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 17:00 JST
NEW YORK ??? The Environmental Investigation Agency, which has head offices in London and Washington, on Friday urged Wal-Mart Stores Inc to force its affiliated Japanese supermarket chain operator Seiyu Ltd to stop selling whale and dolphin meat.
Seiyu has said that whale meat is part of the traditional Japanese diet and sales of it "have been entirely conducted in conformity with law." The environmental group said it hired a Japanese researcher to call 202 Seiyu retail outlets to ask if they sold whale or dolphin meat, and 123 of them said yes.
Wal-Mart has a 37% stake in Seiyu. (Kyodo News)
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=290026