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    • Japan begins whale hunt 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, December 2, 2015, on page C4)
      Japan was facing mounting condemnation Tuesday over its decision to resume killing whales in Antartica, with conservationists saying it was open to another legal challenge. Australia and New Zealand have led criticism of ...

    • Japan eyes options in maritime dispute 

      TNS (The Manila Times, November 9, 2015, on page C4)
      As tension mounts in the South China Sea over the U.S. military’s recent patrol challenging China’s territorial claims there, speculation has centered on what action Japan may take in the region. On Friday, Prime Minister ...

    • Japan eyes resumption of commercial whaling 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, July 28, 2018, on page B6)
      Japan will seek a partial resumption of commercial whaling at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission later this year, officials said Wednesday. Tokyo has regularly sought the easing of the IWC’s moratorium on ...

    • Japan gives P337M to Filipino farmers, fisherfolk 

      (The Manila Times, September 5, 2022, on page B11)
      The government of Japan has donated P337.5 million to support new initiatives by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Food Program (WFP) for farmers and fisherfolk affected by Typhoon ...

    • Japan heatwave threatens famed tuna market auction 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, July 14, 2018, on page B8)
      Fishmongers at Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji tuna auction are feeling the heat as the ageing market’s air conditioners struggle to keep up with a heatwave blanketing the country. The dilapidated market is due to close later this ...

    • Japan kills 122 pregnant whales 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, June 1, 2018, on page B7)
      Tokyo: Japan killed 122 pregnant minke whales during a highly controversial annual whaling expedition that Tokyo defends as scientific research but conservationists call “gruesome and unnecessary.” The four-month expedition ...

    • Japan seafood exporters get emergency relief 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Manila Times, September 6, 2023, on page B4)
      Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Monday a 20.7-billion yen ($141-million) emergency fund to help exporters hit by China's ban on Japanese seafood over the release of treated radioactive wastewater from ...

    • Japan sets 2-yr microplastics survey in coastal areas 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, January 30, 2020, on page B6)
      Scientists will begin a two-year survey of microplastics in the coastal waters off Japan from April, a research group announced on Wednesday, with concern growing about the impact of plastics on the oceans. The survey ...

    • Japan's food producers aim to cultivate a taste for fake fish 

      Lewis, Leo (The Manila Times, July 10, 2023, on page C6)
      For all of its exuberantly vast scale, and all its sumptuous products, and its fizzingly enthusiastic post-pandemic exhibitors, the Foodex 2023 trade show captured Japan at a vulnerable moment. One exhibit in particular ...

    • Japan's 'Tuna King' wins auction with $636,000 bid 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, January 6, 2017, on page B5)
      Japan’s self-styled “Tuna King” has done it again—paying more than $600,000 for a single fish. Sushi entrepreneur Kiyoshi Kimura paid top price at the first auction of the new year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market on Thursday, ...

    • Japanese fishermen kill 30 more dolphins in Taiji 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, January 24, 2014, on page B7)
      Fishermen in the small Japanese town of Taiji killed more than two-dozen striped dolphins on Thursday, cam–paigners said, as global outrage over the slaughter grows. Activists from the militant environmentalist group Sea ...

    • 'Joint exploration in West PH Sea legal' 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Reyes, Dempsey; Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, March 2, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Joint exploration in the West Philippines Sea (South China Sea) with China is in accordance with the 1987 Constitution, Malacañang insisted on Thursday, after President Rodrigo Duterte likened China’s offer of joint ...

    • Joint oil search with China legal - Palace 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, November 21, 2018, on page 1-2)
      Malacañang on Tuesday assured the public that the Philippines’ proposed joint oil and gas exploration with China in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) will stand legal scrutiny.Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo made ...

    • Kapis conservation in Iloilo pushed 

      (The Manila Times, August 8, 2000, on page 3)
      Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon has enjoined Ilonggos to protect the kapis shells in their coastal waters. Drilon made the appeal during a recent dialogue with fisherfolk concerning the protection of ...

    • Kapitan Kress pays grand salute to fishermen as modern-day heroes 

      (The Manila Times, July 1, 2021, on page C3)
      JGO Ventures Corporation, the authorized distributor of Kress Elektrowerkzeuge in the Philippines has anchored its heart on supporting Filipino community causes. And together with Kress, the company pays homage to the valor ...

    • Know your marine assets and potentials (Last of 2 parts) 

      Santos, Gil H. A (The Manila Times, September 25, 2017, on page B5)
      From the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) data bank researchers can see the huge potential of the Asean members’ ocean, mangroves and coral/reef resources. The Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia ...

    • Koi story: priceless Japanese fish make a splash 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, January 8, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Hand-reared for their color and beauty, koi carp have become an iconic symbol of Japan that can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars and even participate in fishy beauty contests. The nation’s koi carp were brought ...

    • Krill fishing restricted in Antartica 

      (The Manila Times, July 11, 2018, on page B6)
      Five major krill fishing firms on Tuesday agreed to halt operations across huge swathes of the Antarctic to help protect wildlife in a move hailed as “bold and progressive” by conservationists. The vast frozen continent ...

    • La Union’s poor fishers get safer fiberglass boats 

      Garcia, William Jun (The Manila Times, December 13, 2018, on page A7)
      The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has given the first 36 fiberglass-reinforced plastic fishing boats to six coastal towns here for the marginal beneficiary-fisherfolk’s ...

    • Lack of funds hinders agricultural research 

      Basa, Ave (The Manila Times, September 17, 1987, on page 1)
      The country's agricultural research and extension program is being hampered by lack of funds, according to Agriculture Secretary Carlos Dominguez Jr. In a speech before participants to the seminar on aquaculture development ...