Japanese whalers plan new Antarctic hunt

Andrew Darby
Hobart correspondent for Fairfax Media

Japan’s whalers expect to return to the Antarctic, despite losing an International Court of Justice case brought against them by Australia banning their current hunt.

Tokyo’s Institute of Cetacean Research wants to go back to the Southern Ocean for a continuing “research program” after missing next summer, a court document filed in the United States says …

Sydney Morning Herald – April 12, 2014 – 1:56 PM
www.smh.com.au/environment/jap…

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Anti-whaling ruling lets Japan save face

by Mari Yamaguchi
AP

The international court ruling against Japanese whaling last week may have given the government a convenient political out.

The Antarctic program was nearly bankrupt, but if the government had overhauled it on its own, it would have incurred the wrath of a strong anti-whaling lobby, and could have been criticized for caving in to foreign anti-whaling activists. Now officials can say the court forced their hand …

The Japan Times – Apr 12, 2014
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014…

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