Whale meat fetches ‘celebration prices’ after Japanese hunt

TOKYO (AP) — Chunks of meat from the first whales caught since Japan resumed commercial whaling this week have fetched “celebration prices” at auction.
The meat sold Thursday for up to 15,000 yen ($140) per kilogram (2.2 pounds), several times higher than the prices paid for Antarctic minkes.
The meat came from two minkes caught off the northern city of Kushiro on Monday when Japan resumed commercial whaling after 31 years.
During those years it conducted research hunts in the