Japan has said it intends to allow the hunting of endangered fin whales, some of the largest whales in the ocean. This decision comes as the country opens more and more vending machines selling whale ...

Japan has killed its first fin whale in years, despite most of the world strongly opposing the decision. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Japan just announced that it killed its first fin whale in years. The ...

JAPAN, August 5, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Less than 10 days after the arrest of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson in Greenland, Japan harpoons its first endangered ...

“Japan has never given up on its whaling ambitions,” veteran anti-whaling activist Paul Watson told CNN. “The only purpose of a vessel like that is so it can travel long distances to the Southern ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The recently hunted fin whale was a male measuring 19.6 m (64.3 ft) and weighing more than 55.8 metric tons, according to Japanese media. It was ...

(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 ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan -- A defiant Japan embarked on its largest whaling expedition in decades Sunday, targeting protected humpbacks for the first time since the 1960s despite international opposition.