Japan quit the International Whaling Commission in December 2018, returning to commercial hunting of minke, Bryde's and sei whales soon afterwards.Last year's quota of 379 whales, set by the ...

Built at a cost of US$ 47 million, the 9,300-ton Kangei Maru has a slipway to haul up to 70- ton fin whales, and can store up to 600 tons of meat. Japan has launched a brand new whaling fleet ...

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 ...

The diesel-electric Raigei submarine will be based in waters near Japan's mainland where Chinese and Russian vessels operate ...

Almost 89% of Japanese had not bought whale meat in the previous 12 months Japan’s declining appetite for whale meat is nothing new; but is the country also losing patience with its whaling ...

Japan’s Fisheries Agency has proposed expanding commercial whaling along the country’s coast to fin whales, a larger species than the three currently permitted. The proposal comes five years ...

The two white orcas he recently photographed may be the same pair spotted in 2021 near the Kunashirskiy Strait, a 20-mile ...

A Tokyo-based whaling company hosted an event at Fukuoka’s Nagahama Fish Market to promote domestic fin whale meat, which was ...

Comprehensive screening analysis of organohalogen compounds in blubber samples of 11 toothed whale species stranded on ...

Japanese authorities accuse him of being co-responsible for damage and injuries aboard a Japanese whaling ship in 2010 as part of a campaign led by Sea Shepherd, an NGO he founded in 1977.

After nearly five months behind bars in Greenland, environmental activist Paul Watson has finally been set free. The Sea ...