Report request: I am a research assistant to a documentary film director who is planning to make a film on whaling around the world. I need information on Japan’s resumption of whale hunting.
I want a report that lists all the reasons that Japan has started hunting whales again.

Assessment questions and gold answers:
question_text: When did Japan resume commercial whale hunting?
gold_answers: July 1 2019
question_text: What organization did Japan withdraw from prior to resuming commercial whale hunting?
gold_answers: International Whaling Commission
question_text: When did Japan become a member of the International Whaling Commission?
gold_answers: 1951
question_text: Why did Japan stop commercial whale hunting?
gold_answers: moratorium on hunting adopted by the International Whaling commission
question_text: When did International Whaling Commission adopt a moratorium on whale hunting?
gold_answers: In 1982
question_text: For what purposes was a whale hunting used in Japan after 1982?
gold_answers: For research purposes
question_text: Why did the international community criticize Japan hunting whales for research purposes?
gold_answers: They believed it was  cover for commercial whaling
question_text: What whale species did Japan lobby to resume commercial hunting on?
gold_answers: Minke whales
question_text: How long did Japan lobby for to resume minke whale commercial hunting?
gold_answers: For 30 years
question_text: Where was the meat of the whales sold?
gold_answers: On the domestic market
question_text: How was the meat of the whales used?
gold_answers: In school meals
question_text: How many minke whales did Japan allegedly kill annually during the moratorium?
gold_answers: More than 900
question_text: Why did Japan allow the killing of whales for meat?
gold_answers: it is part of the country's culture
question_text: What role did whale meat play in Japan’s nutrition in the post-war period?
gold_answers: main source of nutrition for the country's residents
question_text: How much whale meat did the Japanese annually eat in the 1960s?
gold_answers: Up to 200 thousand tons
question_text: Who criticized the decision of the Japanese authorities to resume commercial whale hunting?
gold_answers: Activists
Countries that are not involved in whaling
question_text: Who welcomed the decision of the Japanese authorities to resume commercial whale hunting?
gold_answers: Japanese whaling community
question_text: What was the 2019 annual limit set by the Fisheries Agency?
gold_answers: 227 whales
question_text: Which waters did Japan plan to limit whale hunting to?
gold_answers: Japan's territorial waters