Inside Japanâs Global Dolphin Trade In Taiji, Japan, the dolphin hunting industry has shifted from killing dolphins for their meat to a more lucrative, but equally controversial industryâthe capture of live animals for overseas "dolphin shows." In this video, VICE World News travels to the town made infamous in the Oscar-winning documentary âThe Coveâ with Ren Yabuki, the director of Life Investigation Agency, a Japanese animal rights NGO and the only group tasked with monitoring this yearâs dolphin hunts. - VICE News NHK - Apr 14 Surveys by local governments in Japan show the coronavirus variant first detected in Britain is surging in the country. The variant, dubbed N501Y, is said to be more transmissible than the original coronavirus.