Japan IMO is much worst than China, at least as far as fisheries go. As an example, Japan and Australia set a limit to blue fin tuna catches (a quota). Austalia abided by it, Japan pretended to/lied, when they were really exceeding it by 2-5x. When combined with the fact that quotes already exceeded the levels recommended by fisheries scientists... well... that just doesn't leave many tuna in the ocean. It is a very similar situation as the ivory, Japan demands tuna and will pay obscene prices for it, and therefore drives fishers to catch more than they are allowed.
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