AR-News: (JP) Wal-Mart pressured to make Seiyu stop selling whale meat

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http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=290026


NEW YORK — The Environmental Investigation Agency, which has head offices in 
London and Washington, on Friday urged Wal-Mart Stores Inc to force its 
affiliated Japanese supermarket chain operator Seiyu Ltd to stop selling whale and 
dolphin meat. 
Seiyu has said that whale meat is part of the traditional Japanese diet and 
sales of it "have been entirely conducted in conformity with law." The 
environmental group said it hired a Japanese researcher to call 202 Seiyu retail 
outlets to ask if they sold whale or dolphin meat, and 123 of them said yes.
Wal-Mart has a 37% stake in Seiyu. (Kyodo News)
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