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

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 ...

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 ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Japan’s new whaling mothership ... Some large individuals weigh up to 80 tons. The hunting of fin whales requires a fleet of vessels led by the whaling ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A massive gang of over 60 orcas was seen brutalizing an endangered pygmy blue whale off the coast of Western Australia by a whalewatching tour.

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 ...

Iceland and Norway have invoked the exemption in the past, but Japan attracts the most criticism because of the scale of its hunts and its stated goal of easing whale-hunting restrictions.

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 ...