Taiji Cove

• UPDATE: Taiji dolphin hunt filmmaker reportedly deported from Japan

  A BBC filmmaker is reportedly being deported from Japan after he claimed he was being locked up at Osaka airport and accused of being an 'eco-terrorist.'

  World

  Feb 14, 2014
  
• Celebrities want Obama to link free-trade pact with Japan to stopping its dolphin slaughter

  A group of American celebrities and other activists want President Barack Obama to refuse to sign an international trade agreement until Japan bans the capture and slaughter of dolphins in the fishing town of Taiji.

  Environment

  Feb 6, 2014
  
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• Slaughter of dolphins begins in Japan’s Taiji cove despite criticism

  Fishermen in Japan's Taiji cove began the slaughter of hundreds of dolphins Tuesday morning amid public outcry from around the world over the annual hunt.

  World

  Jan 21, 2014
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• Japan defends annual dolphin hunt in Taiji cove

  A Japanese government spokesman has defended an annual dolphin hunt after U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy said she was “deeply concerned” by the inhumanity of the practice.

  World

  Jan 20, 2014
• 250 dolphins held in Japan’s infamous Taiji cove

  Hundreds of dolphins are being held in a cove in a quaint fishing village in central Japan, according to an international marine wildlife conservation organization.

  World

  Jan 17, 2014