Tsunami harpoons Japanese whaling town Video

The Japanese whaling town of Ayukawa has survived the wrath of environmental groups for decades, but had no defence against a giant tsunami that wiped out the industry here, possibly for ever.

One of only four communities in Japan that have continued to hunt and eat whales in defiance of international opposition, the town was already down to a single operating company, Ayukawa Whaling.

The March 11 tsunami that slammed into Japan's northeast coast took most of Ayukawa with it, destroying 80 per cent of houses and leaving 400 of its 1,400 residents unaccounted for.

The wave shattered Ayukawa Whaling's storage facility and carried its fleet of three whaling ships hundreds of metres inland where they now lie grounded and impotent.

Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports from Mizusawa on Ayukawa's flattened coastline.

Hahahaha Mother ...
Hahahaha Mother nature is fighting back!?

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Yea, whatever you ...
Yea, whatever you do Gypan, don't learn one f**king lesson from history. Just keep on bombing Pearl Harbor & poaching whales & eating mercury, I mean "dolphin meat," & whatever you do, don't put any protective goggles on when you bring your kiddies on their field trip tour of the nuka melt sandwich. Don't listen to us "eco-clowns." Just wait for karma to fry your ass and wash you off the f**king planet so the rest of us can have one f**king whale left to put in the Smithsonian in about 5? years.

KARMA'S A b***h!!!! ...
KARMA'S A b***h!!!!!!!?

whaler's are? scum
whaler's are? scum

good ?
good ?

POETIC JUSTICE. ...
POETIC JUSTICE. LOVE? IT!!

The AYUKAWA ...
The AYUKAWA whaling? industry provided jobs for 12 people! that guy is telling you bulls**t. japan is able to live and develop without killing whales and dolphins.

Ha ha ha!!!!!! Bien ...
Ha ha ha!!!!!! Bien bon pour eux crisse? de jaunes !!!!!

SERVED? THOSE ...
SERVED? THOSE WHALERS RIGHT!

f**king terrific, ...
f**king terrific, shame he did? not end up harpooned and sold in supermarkets.

if only it? happend ...
if only it? happend to the nisshin maru

tbh i don't really ...
tbh i don't really give a crap what people online thinks about my opinion and i? do respect other peoples one but i wouldn't say i need to do anything or change how i act online lol

Every one? has ...
Every one? has their own opinion but you should respect our opinion like we do yours. Not going around being racist and stuff.

nope but everybody ...
nope but everybody has their own opinion and i stick by mine i'm not going to let a randomer tell me what i should not do? or say.

Well I may not ...
Well I may not agree with some of your laws, do you see me going around saying "I hate these? f**king brits for doing (blank)"?

well ofc i do i ...
well ofc i do i just disagree with their? law that whales can be legally hunted and slaughtered it just doesn't seem right to me.

I can only imagine ...
I can only imagine what the U.S. is going to get for? their meat industry.

Thank you.? Finally ...
Thank you.? Finally someone who has a heart.

Don't you feel ...
Don't you feel sorry or anything for the people? (including kids) who died? If you don't, I guess you can go to hell for thinking that.

Serves you right. ...
Serves you right. You think because a whale is different to you that you? can cut it open while its alive and also stop them from breeding.

REVENGE OF? THE ...
REVENGE OF? THE OCEAN.

Don't let these eco ...
Don't let these eco-clowns commenting here drag you down Japan!? Great country with equally great people!

Looks? like a whale ...
Looks? like a whale of a time.

japs are one ...
japs are one sociopathic group of eco terrorists I tell you. Seals in Alaska are now being? affected by the nuclear waste they have been dumping by barrels. total sick f**ks.

i? wouldnt say ...
i? wouldnt say equal, how many whales have been killed...

These people r so ...
These people r so stupid! Even after a disaster? they can't see what they r doing wrong, whaling is cruel! Even if people hate me for this comment I don't care KARMA IS A b***h! And yes I value more a whales life than a human life...and that's because we r not doin anything but damaging out planet

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hahahaha go jap? a dead jap lol hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

good f**k you jap ...
good f**k you jap f**ker hahahahahahaha hope you? die

good f**k the? c**ts
good f**k the? c**ts