This article scrutinizes the controversy surrounding the resumption of Japanese Antarctic whaling from 1946, focusing on the negotiations and concessions that underline the nature of the Allied Occupation as an international undertaking. Britain, Norway, Australia, and New Zealand objected to Japanese pelagic whaling, chiefly on the grounds of its past record of wasteful and inefficient operations. Their opposition forced the Natural Resources Section of General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, to increase the number of Allied inspectors on board the two Japanese whaling factories from one to two, and to respond carefully to the criticisms they made of the conduct of Japanese whaling. U.S. sensitivity to international censure caused the Occupation to encourage the factory vessels to prioritize oil yields over meat and blubber for domestic consumption. Moreover, General Douglas MacArthur, the U.S. Occupation commander, summarily rejected a proposal to increase the number of Japanese fleets from two to three in 1947. With its preponderance of power, the United States successfully promoted Japanese Antarctic whaling, but a tendency to focus only on outcomes obscures the lengthy and difficult processes that enabled Japanese whaling expeditions to take place on an annual basis from late 1946.

本文详细讨论了自1946年起恢复日本南极捕鲸的争议，重点是强调盟军占领作为一项国际事业的性质的谈判和让步。英国，挪威，澳大利亚和新西兰反对日本远洋捕鲸，主要是基于其过去浪费和效率低下的记录。他们的反对派迫使盟军最高司令部总部自然资源科将两个日本捕鲸厂的盟军检查员人数从一增加到两个，并认真回应他们对这种行为的批评。日本捕鲸。我们 由于对国际谴责的敏感性，职业运动鼓励工厂船只将石油产量优先于肉类和油脂，以供国内消费。此外，美国占领军司令道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟（Douglas MacArthur）将军在1947年拒绝了将日本舰队数量从2个增加到3个的提议。美国凭借其强大的实力成功地促进了日本南极捕鲸的发展，但是有一种只集中注意力的趋势在结果掩盖了漫长而艰难的过程，使日本捕鲸探险队从1946年末开始每年进行一次。