2009-10-31

Japan's Prime Minister Hates Eating Whale Meat

AFP reports that Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama 'has revealed he dislikes whale meat, a newspaper reported Saturday, in an unusual confession for the prime minister of a country that defies Western criticism of whaling.

"I hate whale meat," Hatoyama said during a meeting with his visiting Dutch counterpart Jan Peter Balkenende on Monday at the prime minister's office, the Sankei Shimbun reported.'

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