The Times Leader

Japan to hunt fewer whales in Pacific this season

(AP) Japan will target fewer whales when its Pacific hunt begins next week and will observe them in the Antarctic next season with the aim of resuming full-fledged commercial whaling, the fisheries ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Japan cancels hunt of humpback whales

Humpback whales are safe -- at least for now. Giving in to worldwide criticism, Japan's government announced yesterday that a whaling fleet in the southern Pacific for its annual hunt will not kill ...
The Atlantic

U.N. Court Tells Japan to Stop Its Whale Hunting

The U.N.'s International Court of Justice ruled on Monday that Japan needs to stop its controversial and not-really-well-liked whale hunting practices. The court wasn't convinced that Japan's ...
The Eagle

Japanese fleet begins whale hunt

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan -- Vowing to face down "environmental terrorists," a Japanese fleet embarked on the country's largest whaling expedition Sunday, targeting protected humpbacks for the first time ...
Reuters

Japan vows to keep on whaling, calls resolution against its hunt "regrettable"

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan vowed on Friday to resume its whaling programme in the Antarctic despite passage of a resolution opposing its hunt by the international body that oversees whales, terming the ...