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Priciest Tuna
Sushi chain operator Kiyoshi Kimura appears to have netted a real bargain, taking home a 507 pound (230 kilograms) bluefin tuna for a mere 7.3 million yen (about $73,000), a fraction of the price he paid last year at the ...
- January 6, 2014
Japan defends dolphin hunt after US criticism
A Japanese government spokesman defended an annual dolphin hunt Monday, after U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy tweeted that she was deeply concerned by the inhumanity of the practice. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga ...
- January 22, 2014
Fukushima wash-up to hit US coast this year
Seaborne radiation from Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will wash up on the West Coast of the US this year, according to a report by Bloomberg. That's raising concerns among some Americans including the residents ...
- February 6, 2014
Activists chase Japanese whalers
A group of anti-whaling activists was on Monday chasing Japan's whaling fleet in the icy waters off Antarctica, as the country's annual Antarctic whale hunt gets underway. The Sea Shepherd organization, which each year ...
- January 7, 2014
Kalayaan mayor urges PH fishers to defy China.
The mayor of Kalayaan town, in the Spratlys, on Friday said he would encourage Filipino fishermen to ignore China’s new rules that require foreign fishermen to seek permission from Chinese regional authorities before ...
- January 11, 2014