[i_am_viet]

Here are the numbers of whaling done by country:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling#Whaling_catches_by_loc...

It is interesting to me conversations of whaling usually involve Japan and vice versa, but no one mentions the other major participants.

[wallace_f]

There's no good reason for it.

It's also a good demonstration that common conceptions, even serious and derisive ones, rely on media and hearsay, not on fact.