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Whale meat being sold from a vending machine at the Kyodo Senpaku Co store in Yokohama Source: AAP / Kwiyeon Ha/AP

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Japanese whaling companies are now selling whale meat through unmanned vending machines but not everyone is on board, and some say consumption is declining.

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