How much does that whale meat cost?

Whale meat for sale at Tsukiji fish market

Though commercial whaling has been banned since 1986,  we discovered whale meat for sale at Tokyo's central fish market.  It looked pretty fresh to us and we assume it was haul from one of Japan's notorious "research" whaling programs in the Antarctic Ocean.  In 2010, Australia brought a lawsuit claiming Japan's "scientific research" whaling program was just a cover for commercial hunting. The International Court of Justice agreed, and a couple days after our sighting of fresh whale meat,  The Japan Times reported that Japan would cease their whaling program, though they were "deeply disappointed" by the ruling.