article_snippet.sent: The whales, which are in fact a species of dolphin, were found washed up along a 6-mile (10km) stretch of the Pacific coast of Hokato, around 60 miles (100km) north of Tokyo.
article_snippet.sent: More than 160 melon-headed whales washed onto two beaches at Hokota city, north-east of Tokyo .
article_snippet.sent: killer whales first began to appear on the beach last week but officials said officials had discovered eight more bodies today.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists are still investigating what caused killer whales to become stranded on the beaches .
article_snippet.sent: Officials have spent the weekend removing and buring killer whales after Officials stranded .
article_snippet.sent: Around 100 pilot whales were taken back out to sea by the Japan Coast Guard to return Around 100 pilot whales to the Indian Ocean .
article_snippet.sent: the Japan Coast Guard personnel managed to return some of Around 100 pilot whales back to sea .
article_snippet.sent: some of the whales were stranded on two beaches close to Hokota city around 60 miles north of Tokyo .
article_snippet.sent: Tadasu Yamada, a senior researcher at the National Museum of Nature and Science, said investigations were still ongoing into what caused Around 100 pilot whales to strand in Hokato.
article_snippet.sent: Residents struggled to return Around 100 pilot whales to the sea after the mammals became exhausted in the shallow water .
highlights_snippet.sent: The whales washed up along a 6 mile stretch of coast near Hokato, Japan .
  