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 ...

The company cited multiple reasons for its decision. Major whaling company makes stunning announcement about future plans: ...

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 ...

If they want to hunt whale, fine. I am just a bit annoyed that it is our tax money that is funding it. The Japanese word for this practice is “Bakayaro” (sic). The Japanese government stopped serving ...

Japan briefly stopped whaling after an International Court of Justice ruling in March 2014 ordered them to stop, but recently started again. Japan justifies hunting whales by claiming that they ...

Washington, DC—Japan and Norway resumed slaughtering whales this month, while Iceland’s only fin whaling company has decided that it will not hunt this summer, citing a declining demand for whale meat ...

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japan has "temporarily halted" its much-criticized plan for a humpback whale hunt in the seas near Antarctica, said the chief Japanese government spokesman on Friday.

The vessel will replace Japan's only existing mother ship ... refers to the process where smaller and more agile craft hunt the whales, then bring the carcasses to the bigger ship for freezing.

An incredibly rare albino orca was caught on camera leaping out of the ocean, leaving an impassioned wildlife photographer ...

Reykjavik: An Icelandic whaling company plans to hunt minke whales this summer in a first for the country since 2021, a ...

A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese port Monday for the Sea of Okhotsk to hunt 25 fin whales. The crew of the ship, which left Shimonoseki port, plans to start hunting fin whales in the ...

(Kyodo) SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi (Kyodo) -- A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese port Monday for the Sea of Okhotsk to hunt 25 fin whales. The crew of the ship, which left Shimonoseki ...