Japan restarts commercial whale hunting amid global condemnation
Move follows years of campaigns by industry supporters and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose constituency includes a city that has long whaled
01 July 2019 - 10:41
Kushiro — Five small ships sailed out of harbour 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 are endangered, and news in December that it was leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to resume hunting was the culmination of years of campaigns by industry supporters and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose constituency includes a city that has long whaled...
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