Amount of whale flesh consumption by year in Japan
According to a government survey in 2012, whale flesh consumption per day per capita was 0.1 gram in Japan.
Table : Whale flesh consumption by year per capita
| kg/year | g/day | |
| 1960 | 1.6 | 4.5 |
| 1961 | 1.9 | 5.2 |
| 1962 | 2.4 | 6.7 |
| 1963 | 2.0 | 5.6 |
| 1964 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| 1965 | 2.1 | 5.7 |
| 1966 | 2.0 | 5.4 |
| 1967 | 1.8 | 4.9 |
| 1968 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 1969 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 1970 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
| 1971 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| 1972 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| 1973 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| 1974 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| 1975 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| 1976 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| 1977 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| 1978 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 1979 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 1982 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 1983 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 1984 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 1985 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 1986 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| 1987 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 1988 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 1989 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1990 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 1991 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 1992 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1993 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1994 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1995 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2002 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2003 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2004 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2005 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2006 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2007 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2008 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2009 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2010 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2012 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Source is Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan.
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