The Japanese pay the government’s subscriptions. They support the delegations to the meetings, in terms of meeting airfares and per iwc wings. The Japanese have paid our membership – I’m not really sure but probably for 10 years, I think. Colin Joyce, “Bribery on whaling admitted by Japan” The Daily Telegraph, 19 July 2001.

Conference for the Normalization of the International Whaling Commission: Chair’s Summary, p. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Report of the Intersessional Workshop to Review Data and Results from Special Permit Research on Minke Whales in the Antarctic, Tokyo 4-8 December 2006, p. Edward Miles, Arild Underdal, Steinar Andresen, Jørgen Wettestad, Jon B. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, Vol. Whalers, Cetologists, Environmentalists, and the International Management of Whaling,” International Organization, Vol. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title.

AG, also known as IWC Schaffhausen, is a Swiss watch manufacturer located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Boston founded the International Watch Company. In 1850 the town of Schaffhausen was in danger of being left behind in the Industrial Age. At this stage, watch manufacturer and industrialist Heinrich Moser built Schaffhausen’s first hydroelectric plant and aided in further industrialization. Jones rented the first factory premises in an industrial building owned by J.