TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has for decades been steadfastly defiant about hunting whales despite widespread anger, including from key allies like the United States. After roughly 30 years of what it has ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges at the highest U.N. court ordered Japan on Monday to halt whaling in the Antarctic, rejecting its long-held argument that the catch was for scientific purposes and not ...

LONDON -- Japan and its pro-whaling allies squared off against opponents yesterday at the opening of a weeklong International Whaling Commission meeting, where a fight over the 15-year ban on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wearing a toy whale hat, whale tie and a whale motif shirt, Hideki Tokoro spends much of his days thinking about the world’s ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. TOKYO — An anti-whaling activist from New Zealand who boarded a Japanese ...