A glum looking Hiroshi Nakada (L), the m...

Anchorage, UNITED STATES: A glum looking Hiroshi Nakada (L), the mayor of Yokohama, speaks at a press conference 31 May 2007 in Anchorage, Alaska, after Japan announced that it was cancelling a bid to host the 2009 annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in the Japanese city following Tokyo's failed bid to lift a ICW moratorium on commercial whaling. It said it made no sense to stage the talks in Japan when the commission refuses to support the "sustainable" whaling concept proposed by the Asian nation. Others in the picture are Minoru Morimoto (center), the chief Japanese delegate, and Akira Nakamae, a top Japanese fisheries official. AFP PHOTO/P. PARAMESWARAN (Photo credit should read P. PARAMESWARAN/AFP via Getty Images)