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Map of the stranding site. The whales were found along the coasts of Hokkaido, Aomori, Akita, Yamagata, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Kyoto, Hyogo, Tottori, Shimane, Yamaguchi and Fukuoka Prefectures in Japan during the period 1999 to 2011.
