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	Taiji - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Taiji diagram or Taijitu, 太極圖 of Zhou Dun-yi.
		The Taiji is understood to be the highest conceivable principle, that from which existence flows.
		In contemporary terms, the Taiji is the infinite, essential, and fundamental principle of evolutionary change that actualizes all potential states of being through the self-organizing integration of complementary existential polarities.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Taiji (429 words)

	AEG - Wakayama Prefecture Profile
		Wakayama Prefecture is located in the southwestern part of the Kii Peninsula facing Osaka Prefecture in the north, Nara and Mie Prefectures in the east, Tokushima Prefecture of the Shikoku Island across the Kii Channel in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the south.
		Wakayama Prefecture is full of excellent tourist attractions such as Koyasan having Kongobuji Temple, which is the head temple of a Buddhist sect "Shingon", as nucleus, Kumano Sanzan (lit.
		Wakayama City is accessible in approximately 40 minutes from Kansai Airport by Japan Railways, Nankai Railways of limousine bus.
	www.infowest.com /personal/r/rpurcell/wakayama.html (631 words)

	Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - News
		The opportunistic killers of Taiji, whom we've caught dumping their trash and oil into the coastal waters, now assert that they are the stewards of the oceans, charged with managing marine resources by the Japanese government.
		The dolphin round-up in Taiji is conducted by Taiji Fishery Cooperative and is granted by the governor of Wakayama prefecture.
		While in Taiji, our crew found it odd that the police and whalers would be keeping files about the seal campaign; coincidentally or not, we now find the same defense of declining fish stocks being used in Taiji.
	www.seashepherd.nl /news/media_040126_1.html (823 words)

	Japan - Whale watching, not whaling, the answer for Taiji
		Taiji's history is strongly linked to whales and whaling, and in striving to find ways to stay active -- even though commercial whaling is banned -- its future, like its past, seems to depend on the giant mammals.
		There are also indications of the efforts made by the town office to retain Taiji's ties to whales, such as the images of the mammals that grace manhole covers in the town.
		He was the first young man from Taiji to join the whaling industry in 20 years.
	www.wdcs.org /dan/publishing.nsf/fde0b34d9e1c31fc80256d040047b2b6/cc4e9b490f42217280256d0300517dfd!OpenDocument (772 words)

	Earth Island Institute
		Taiji Town in Japan is again planning to sell dolphins from the brutal “drive hunt” to China.
		The Town Council of Taiji decided to export eight female bottlenose dolphins to Dalian, China, under the pretext of “academic exchange.” All of these dolphins were captured by drive hunts.
		Unless we stop this trade, dolphins will be continuously exported from Taiji, and the cruel method of the drive hunt will continue in Japan in order to replenish dolphins to the captive industry.
	www.earthisland.org /takeaction/new_action.cfm?aaID=271 (473 words)

	Act Now To Stop Japanese Dolphin Slaughter
		I am writing to protest in the strongest of terms the drive fishery dolphin and whale hunt that is currently being conducted in Taiji, Wakayama prefecture, and that occurs annually in other prefectures as well.
		So far in Taiji, 60 dolphins and 13 melon headed whales have been slaughtered, and the fisherman continue to take to the sea in search of more of these intelligent and peaceful mammals.
		The fishermen in Taiji are extraordinarily sensitive to outside pressure, and have taken great steps to prevent video footage of their killing activities.
	ga0.org /indefenseofanimals/alert-description.html?alert_id=2079982 (799 words)

	William McNamara Protests Dolphin and Whale Attacks in Taiji, Japan
		The following is a brief synopsis of the events which unfolded in Taiji Japan in which three young volunteers, all in their twenties, put their lives on the line to free pods of whales and dolphins which were hunted, herded, penned and slaughtered in an unspeakable fashion.
		I called the US Consulate, Steven Wheeler to report this and he told me he couldn't do anything because she is Brazilian and that while, technically slavery is illegal in Japan, it is an acceptable part of the culture, like the inhumane mass slaughter of dolphins and whales.
		Taiji fishermen killed 69 striped dolphins on October 6th in the first hunt of the Wakayama drive fishery season, which runs roughly from October through April.
	www.williammcnamara.com /taiji.html (5353 words)

	SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT COUNTERMEASURES IN THE FOUR JAPANESE STCW COMMUNITIES
		This report is designed to answer questions asked at IWC 41 concerning the degree to which countermeasures have been implemented to minimize the various individual, family, and community impacts associated with the zero-catch quota imposed in 1988 on minke whaling in Japan's coastal waters.
		In the case of Abashiri, impacts are concentrated primarily in the core whaling community (the whalers and their immediate families, and some associated small businesses) and secondarily, and (as with the Ayukawa-based fishery) more widely, among the large number of consumers of the fresh whale meat.
		Taiji has most of the amenities desired by tourists: there are nearby hot-springs, impressive coastal scenery, historic sites, reasonable accessability and a year-round attractive climate.
	www.caribbeanbreakingnews.com /Whale/gen_st_impact.html (6048 words)

	Taiji dolphin slaughter
		The drive fishery in Japan continues due to the demand for the meat however the demand for the animals to supply marine parks far outweighs the demand for consumption.
		Many of the general public in Japan are unaware of these hunts taking place in their country and are disgusted when advised of the slaughter.
		The drive fishery in Taiji is conducted by Taiji Fishery Cooperative, being granted by the governor of Wakayama prefecture.
	www.captiveanimals.org /news/2003/taiji.htm (313 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - ATLANTIC OCEAN
		In Taiji, the dolphins are killed primarily for human consumption.
		The Taiji drive hunt is sanctioned by the Japanese Government and they set current kill quotas as follows - 450 striped dolphins, 400 pantropical spotted dolphins, 890 bottlenose dolphins, 300 Risso's dolphins, 300 short-finned pilot whales and 40 false killer whales.
		Unlike Taiji, the dolphin drive hunt in Futo in recent years is primarily to obtain live dolphins for the thriving aquarium trade.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20050214_log_transcript.html (1439 words)

	Kansai Time Out Communi - The Good and Evil of Hunting Dolphins - Earthbeat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Next month, fishermen in Taiji, Wakayama prefecture, will begin their annual hunt of dolphins, as well as small whales and porpoises.
		Taiji is considered the birthplace of Japanese whaling.
		In Taiji, the dolphins are then driven into a shallow cove and a net across the mouth of the cove prevents escape.
	www.kto.co.jp /new/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=75 (1025 words)

	dolphin, dolphin slaughter,
		A video with footage shot at Taiji in January 2004 by One Voice, a French-based animal rights group, and other footage from a similar oikomi in Futo, Shizuoka Prefecture, by a cameraman who requested anonymity, shows dolphins thrashing about wildly as they try to escape and the water turns red.
		Speaking prior to his departure, O'Barry said that the Taiji dolphin-killers are proud of what they do, and boast of a tradition dating back 400 years.
		At Taiji, those involved appear to reap rich rewards in this way, and O'Barry said he was told there that the fishery drives would stop and those carrying them out would go back to catching lobsters and crabs if they were not offered huge sums for "show" dolphins.
	www.animalsvoice.com /PAGES/writes/editorial/news/features/dolphins_secret.html (1867 words)

	Whales on the Net - 'Secret' Dolphin Slaughter Defies Protests
		Taiji fishermen begin the oikomi (fishery drive) by going out to sea in motor boats to locate pods of dolphins.
		O'Barry said he met with the local Taiji fishery group and offered them a subsidy to stop the killings, but was rebuffed and told the dolphins were "pests" that competed with the commercial fishery.
		Every year, an unknown number of healthy young specimens are selected and removed from the killing coves to be sold into the international dolphin captivity industry, to be kept in aquariums, trained to perform at dolphinariums or for swim-with-dolphin programs.
	www.whales.org.au /news/a-taiji051130.html (1798 words)

	"Please Help Stop the Export of Dolphins from Japan to China"
		The town of Taiji and the Taiji Whale Museum select dolphins to sell, while the rest are slaughtered for meat.
		The Taiji Whale Museum is a member of JAZA, and JAZA is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), which has warned its members not to purchase dolphins from the drive hunt.
		I have recently been informed of the plans in Taiji to apply for an export permit, labeled an "academic exchange", for eight female bottlenose dolphins to be sold to Dalian, China.
	www.peggy-oki.com /environmt/dolphinsafe.html (1058 words)

	News - Environmentalists condemn Nagoya's orca capture plan
		Japanese-caught killer whales have fared worse: Of 16 captured for aquariums at Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, since 1978, 11 died after spending an average 22 months in captivity.
		Berman, Spong and their Japanese sponsors are urging Japan to work toward the release of all captive killer whales in the country, especially three of five surviving orcas in Taiji.
		This (orca) family off Taiji was actually a very rare example of a healthy family that just passed through Japanese waters, and was destroyed," Spong said, citing the capture as having very serious repercussions for the future of the comparatively few killer whales that remain around Japan farther out at sea.
	home.intekom.com /animals/services/news/wildlife/orcacapture.html (1087 words)

	Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Taiji: Coalition Letter
		I write on behalf of the undersigned organizations representing millions of supporters worldwide to call your immediate attention to the drive fishery that is currently being conducted in Taiji, Wakayama prefecture, and that occurs annually elsewhere in Japan.
		One such group is currently in Taiji and we are deeply concerned at the violent response its peaceful protests have met.
		On November the 4th: 13 Risso's dolphins were killed in Taiji and on November the 8th, 42 short-finned pilot were killed, including calves and newborns.
	www.seashepherd.org /taiji/taiji_coalition_letter.html (1124 words)

	Wakayama Prefecture-cities
		The prefectural capital, Wakayama City, is located at the mouth of the Kinokawa River.
		The Kinan region is particularly reminiscent of more southern climes in Wakayama Prefecture, which is warm throughout the year.
		The two castle towns of Tanabe and Shingu play a core role in politics, the economy, and culture, and they are located next to Shirahama and Katsuura, two well-known hot spring towns.
	www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp /english/cities/index.html (492 words)

	Wakayama Government Web Listings Information \| Business.com
		Wakayama Gov. Yoshiki Kimura is expected to be questioned at the prefectural assembly about his responsibility in the scandal as the prefectural government...
		WAKAYAMA--A Wakayama prefectural government treasurer under arrest on suspicion of involvement in two bid-rigging cases is suspected in two more bid-rigging...
		Wakayama Prefecture Official homepage of the prefectural government.
	www.business.com /directory/government_and_trade/by_country/japan/regional_and_municipal_government/prefectures/wakayama/weblistings.asp (422 words)

	Mercury Poisons Japanese Whale Meat, New Tests Confirm
		The two highest mercury levels in individual samples were 81 ppm found in a false killer whale, and 63.4 ppm found in a striped dolphin.
		Taiji fishermen killed 69 striped dolphins on October 6 in the first hunt of the Wakayama drive fishery season, which runs from October through April.
		The EIA, along with many other environmental organizations, objects to the Taiji dolphin hunt, not only on conservation grounds, but because these striped dolphins may be so contaminated with mercury that their flesh is not fit for human consumption.
	ens-newswire.com /ens/nov2003/2003-11-03-04.asp (1067 words)

	Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - News
		Our crew remained in Taiji until December 10th before they were forced by police to depart from the Japanese town of shame and cruelty.
		Sea Shepherd had to pay an $8,300 fine to secure their release but it was a small price to pay in exchange for the lives of the dolphins.
		In January Ric O'Barry returned to Taiji with his wife Helene, thanks to the sponsorship of One Voice of France.
	www.seashepherd.nl /news/media_040225_1.html (630 words)

	11/25/03
		Sea Shepherd has been tagged as the "radical group" connected to the Taiji campaigns after last year's intervention where two Sea Shepherd crew cut nets to release dolphins and were arrested for the crime of trying to save these intelligent creatures from the violence of the Taiji thugs.
		Allison Lance Watson and Alex Cornelissen dove into the bay at Taiji and cut the nets holding dolphins that were being held for slaughter.
		The Japanese fishermen of Taiji are terrorizing defenseless dolphins with horrific acts of cruelty.
	perso.orange.fr /dauphinssos/newsanglais.htm (1211 words)

	Indigenous Stock Exchange: Resources: Okamura - The Hard Hat Diver by Stephen "Bamba" Albert - 08 February 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Masataro Okumara was born in 1917 in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan and during his prime was considered the best hard-hat diver in Broome.
		Life in Taiji was hard and Okamura's limited education prevented him achieving his dream of becoming captain of his own fishing boat.
		Once in Taiji he returned to abalone diving gaining acknowledgement for his diving skills and large catches.
	www.isx.org.au /resources/stories/1139378042_18745.html (1941 words)

	The Dolphins' View (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Located on the southern part of the Japanese archipelago at the tip of the peninsula that extends into the Pacific Ocean, Taiji is one of several Japanese coastal towns that carry out the dolphin drives from October through March each year.
		This season, the whalers of Taiji were given a permit to kill close to 2400 cetaceans of various species.
		While in Taiji, the One Voice team saw two westerners at "Dolphin Base." Dolphin Base is the company that carries out the actual trade in the dolphins from the drives.
	www.thedolphinsview.com /aboutDols/aboutDolsEndangered.shtml (4650 words)

	Japan Visitor Blog - Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Kyoto: Nachi Falls
		Nachi, in the south eastern corner of Wakayama Prefecture, is one of the highest waterfalls in Japan – just over 130m tall.
		The Wakayama coastline around Katsuura is dotted with hot-springs including some on small islands offshore, reachable only by boat such as Urashima.
		The southern part of Wakayama Prefecture can be reached by JR train from Shin-Osaka station in Osaka (about 4 hours) and from Nagoya station (3 hours 30 minutes).
	japanvisitor.blogspot.com /2006/04/nachi-falls.html (325 words)

	CDNN :: Eco Activists Target Japan's UK Embassy to Protest Atrocities Against Marine Wildlife
		At noon on Wednesday 20 September 2006, marine conservationists and concerned individuals will be gathering outside the Japanese Embassy, in Piccadilly, London, as part of a peaceful world wide protest at what is widely claimed to be a "crime against nature".
		During this time, Japanese fishermen are responsible for the killing of the largest number of dolphins anywhere in the world.
		The most notorious of these "hunts" occurs in the village of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture.
	www.cdnn.info /news/eco/e060820.html (685 words)

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		The few who are “spared” are sold to aquariums and sea parks to live out their days in wretched captivity.
		Please take prompt action to permanently halt this butchery in Taiji, Futo, and all coastal fishing villages in Japan.
		Yoshiki Kimura Governor of Wakayama Fax: +011 81-73-423-9500 Taiji Fishery Cooperative Fax: +011 81-735-59-2821 LOCAL GOVERNMENT: SHIZUOKA/FUTO Fisheries Section of Shizuoka prefecture Fax: +011 81-54-221-3288 Mr.
	www.kinshipcircle.org /letter_library/doc/1114.doc (450 words)

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