THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 31, 2025 at 17:19 JST
The carcass of a whale that strayed into Osaka Bay is hoisted onto a ship with a crane in Osaka’s Konohana Ward on Jan. 18, 2023. (Satoru Ogawa)
OSAKA—An external review released by the city government here on Jan. 30 found that improved negotiations could have slashed the 80 million yen ($517,000) cost of burying a deceased stranded whale by up to 14 million yen. [Read More]
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