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)
Although there were some laws preventing the mistreatment of workers, the law was often ignored by the growers. There were many attempts to form an organization to represent farm workers. In 1959, the AWOC, Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee was formed. It was a branch of the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization.