RAUSU, Japan (Reuters) - Masato Hasegawa is the fourth generation of his family to be a fisherman on Japan's northern oceans, but now his cruises focus on admiring sea life instead of catching it.
His company provides whale-watching trips, a growing business across Japan that has helped put Rausu, a remote town on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on the global eco-tourism map.
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