But Japan resumed whaling in the region two years later under ... “Research effort began 60 minutes after sunrise and ended 60 minutes before sunset, with a maximum 12 hour per day,” said ...

Activists have called Japan's programme "an illegal whale hunt" Japanese hunters caught and killed 122 pregnant minke whales as part of its Antarctic summer "field survey". A report sent to the ...

Japan is defying the world by whaling — claiming that it's for scientific research. The country plans on killing 333 minke whales by the end of next summer, and to continue their whaling program ...

A blue whale has washed up dead on a beach in Japan - the first time one has been sighted there A dead blue whale calf has been found washed ashore in Japan - the first time that the rare species ...

Japan ended its annual whale hunt in Antarctica early following clashes between its fleet and protesters, Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano said. The government made the decision “to secure ...