An 8-meter-long whale spotted near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka earlier this week was confirmed dead on Jan. 13, local officials said, after it had remained in the same spot for days and was not observed spouting water.
An 8-meter-long whale has been spotted near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka, a rare sighting of the large mammal in Osaka Bay, according to the coast guard.