Activists file suit to stop dolphin hunting in Japan
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Environmental campaigners have filed an unprecedented lawsuit in a bid to halt the so-called "drive hunting"…
7 years ago
Whaling
Japan bolts whaling commission, but tensions may ease
by Shaun TANDON Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Japan has made good on years of threats by…
7 years ago
Japanese react to Tokyo’s decision to resume commercial whaling
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese people react to the government's decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission and resume…
7 years ago
Japan to resume commercial whaling after IWC withdrawal
by Shingo ITO / Miwa SUZUKI Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan said Wednesday it is withdrawing from the…
8 years ago
Australia to ‘vehemently’ oppose Japan push to ease whaling ban
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)--Australia Thursday vowed to "vehemently" oppose a new push by Japan to undermine a global moratorium on commercial…
8 years ago
Japan whalers return from Antarctic hunt after killing 333 whales
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese whaling vessels returned to port on Saturday after catching more than 300 of the mammals…
8 years ago
Whaling: The hunters and the hunted
Portorož, Slovenia | AFP | by Mariëtte Le Roux -- Thirty years into a moratorium on commercial whaling, hundreds of the…
10 years ago
Australian PM: Whaling spat shouldn’t be allowed to hurt Japan ties
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull expressed disappointment during a speech in Tokyo on Friday (December 18) at Japan's resumption of…
11 years ago
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