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Japan kills 122 pregnant whales
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 ...
- June 1, 2018
Trudeau raps Abe over commercial whaling
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) took issue with Japan’s plan to resume commercial whaling in a telephone call with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. According to a statement from ...
- January 10, 2019
Japan eyes resumption of commercial whaling
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 ...
- July 28, 2018