Kure

To step up Japan’s rapid deployment and transportation capability in the southwestern region, the ministry plans to establish a new sea transport unit combining ground, maritime and air forces and to be based in Kure, in Yamaguchi prefecture, in 2025 and purchase three transport ships and a fleet of 17 Boeing Chinooks.

A 2021 report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated there were about 4,500 sperm whales in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands, from the Big Island in the south to Kure Atoll in the north.

The medal was decided by who successfully lifted the greater weight, which was Nnamdi with 190kg compared to Kure's 180kg.

Paralympic and two-time world champion Bonnie Bunyau Gustin of Malaysia won the gold medal, while Nigeria's Innocent Nnamdi was awarded bronze over team-mate Thomas Kure after the pair both finished level on 132.5 points.

But he and other fishermen in Kure, in Kochi prefecture in southwest Japan, have seen something worrying in the past two years - an unprecedented number of unusually fatty katsuo.