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Governments and environmental groups are putting increasing pressure on Japan to end its 'scientific research' whale hunt.
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As reported by New York Times or Sydney Morning Herald
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Reuters 3 days ago
faced strong criticism from the United States, Australia and other countries, as well as environmental organizations, which call whaling cruel and unnecessary. A global moratorium, overseen by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), has banned
score: 10
AFP via Yahoo! 1 week ago
and Australia said Wednesday they were doing everything they could to diplomatically resolve an emotionally charged dispute over whaling, though officials' remarks showed divisions remained deep. Japan's fleet set off Monday to the Antarctic Ocean with
score: 10
BBC 2 weeks ago
The first ship in Japan's whaling fleet has set sail to the Antarctic. Japan is regularly criticised for killing more than 1,000 whales every year in two organised hunts. Officials there say the hunts are
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score: 10
Japan Times 2 weeks ago
Antiwhaling activists protested Monday as the mother ship in Japan's whaling fleet left for the annual hunt in the Antarctic, the environmental group Greenpeace said. The Nisshin Maru left the port of Innoshima near Hiroshima in the afternoon under tight
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