COPENHAGEN, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Japan is seeking the extradition of a U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling activist, who has been held in custody in Greenland since July 21, Danish and Japanese authorities said on Thursday. Denmark has previously said…
https://gcaptain.com/japan-seeks-extradition-of-anti-whaling-captain-paul-watson/
STOCKHOLM, July 22 (Reuters) – A U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling activist has been detained in Greenland and faces possible extradition to Japan which has issued an international warrant for his arrest, the Arctic island’s…
https://gcaptain.com/sea-shepherds-paul-watson-detained-in-greenland-at-japans-request/
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Tom Bateman TOKYO (Reuters) – The operator of Japan’s first domestically-built whaling mothership in more than seven decades said on Thursday it had no plans to send the…
https://gcaptain.com/japan-whaler-operator-says-it-has-no-plan-to-hunt-in-antarctic/
Ryan Jones (The Conversation)–Every year, an estimated 13 million people go whale-watching around the world, marveling at the sight of the largest animals ever to inhabit Earth. It’s a dramatic reversal from…
By Elaine Lies and Masashi Kato KUSHIRO, Japan, July 1 (Reuters) – Five small ships sailed out of harbor on Monday in Japan’s first commercial whale hunt in more than three decades, a move that has aroused global condemnation and fears for the fate of whales. Japan has long said few whale species...
By Linda Sieg and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will resume commercial whaling from July in its waters and exclusive economic zone while ending its controversial hunts in the Antarctic, it said on Wednesday, as it announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC)....