'' The New York Times '' reported the whaling town of Ayukawa , in Ishinomaki , Miyagi Prefecture , was badly damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . After the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in 2011 , radioactive cesium was found in two minke whales caught off the coast of Hokkaido
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Whaling in Japan