By Associated Press, Published: December 8

TOKYO — Japan is spending 2.3 billion yen ($29 million) from its supplementary budget for tsunami reconstruction to fund the country’s annual whaling hunt in the Antarctic Ocean, a fisheries official confirmed Thursday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-funding-annual-antarctic-whale-hunt-with-money-from-disaster-reconstruction-budget/2011/12/08/gIQAPttfeO_story.html

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