SHINGU, WAKAYAMA PREF. – A whale museum in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, held a memorial service Monday for a whale that died there shortly after its birth in fiscal 2011.
Katsuki Hayashi, the general manager of the museum, said that recent improvements in workers’ skills at the facility have minimized the number of animal deaths.
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