SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Japan’s new whaling mothership departed on its first expedition as the country plans to expand its commercial hunts. The Kangei Maru, the successor to the ...
Its last commercial hunt was in 1986, but Japan has never really stopped whaling - it has been conducting instead what it says are research missions which catch hundreds of whales annually.
As the 52nd meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) gets underway here, WWF, the conservation organization, has called on the Japanese government to abandon plans to expand the ...
Japan's whaling fleet is operated by Kyodo Senpaku Co, the sole offshore whaling company in Japan. It has an annual quota of 52 minke whales, 150 Bryde's and 25 sei whales within the nation's ...
Anti-whaling campaigner Captain Paul Watson spoke with Yahoo News from a high-security jail as he fights extradition to Japan ...
Commercial whaling is back on in Japan after a more than three-decade hiatus. The controversial move comes after the country withdrew from the International Whaling Commission on June 30th.
Known for his bold and often controversial actions, he has dedicated his life to protecting marine wildlife, with Japanese ...
Only fin and minke whales are allowed to be hunted off Iceland, while other whale populations are protected. Permits are ...
Paul Watson, the founder of the NGO Sea Shepherd, and a dual American-Canadian citizen has been detained in Nuuk, Greenland, ...
COPENHAGEN--Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson will remain in detention in Greenland while Denmark decides whether to ...
A Greenland court on Monday extended the detention of US-Canadian anti-whaling activist Paul Watson for two more weeks, ...