Whaling Japan

• Whalers in Japan return to port with first commercial catch in 31 years

  A fleet of five boats left the northern Japanese port of Kushiro earlier Monday and brought back two minke whales.

  World

  Jul 1, 2019
  
• Japan resumes commercial whaling for first time in 31 years

  The Fisheries Agency said the catch quota through the end of this year is set at 227 whales, fewer than the 333 Japan used to hunt in the Antarctic.

  World

  Jun 30, 2019
  
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• Japan’s ‘cruel assault on whales’ in the spotlight as G20 summit opens

  Japan is set to leave the International Whaling Commission and start commercial hunting for whales again.

  World

  Jun 27, 2019
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• Japanese vessel caught with dead whale onboard; accused of whale hunting

  Anti-whaling activists published images of a dead whale onboard a Japanese vessel in the Southern Ocean.

  World

  Jan 16, 2017