The four major islands of Japan are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyusha, and Shikoku. The island of Honshu is referred to as the mainland because it is the largest. Edit
When and why was the IWC formed? The IWC, which stands for the International Whaling Commission, was formed on December 2nd, 1946 in order to âprovide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industryâ (http://iwc.int/history-and-purpose)
Itâs brewed by the Kompania Piwowarska (âBrewing Companyâ in Polish â âPiwoâ or âPivoâ is Polish for âbeerâ). The company was formed in 1999, some four years after South African Breweries (now the global SAB Miller corporation) acquired the Lech brewery in Poznan and the Tyskie brewery in Tychy.