Interesting article from September 2009 and still relevant to today (2016)


The Japan Times recently covered the suspended sister city relationship between the coastal towns of Broome in Western Australia and Taiji, in Wakayama prefecture, Japan. Their ties date back at least 100 years to the pearling industry in Broome. At that time, Broome was the biggest pearling center in the world, and many Japanese worked there as divers. Diving deep below the surface was...

I found this article about stopping the whaling and dolphin killing in Taiji before the Tokyo2020 Olympics, I hope they do stop, I hate it, there is also...