Japan’s new whaling mothership departed on its first expedition as the country plans to expand its commercial hunts.

Paul Watson, the iconic environmental activist and founder of the organization Sea Shepherd, is no stranger to clashes with corporations and governments. Known for his bold and often controversial ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Fisheries Agency has proposed expanding commercial whaling along the country's coast to fin whales, a larger species than the three currently permitted. The proposal comes five ...

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 ...

Sue Lieberman, Director of WWF's Global Species Programme, writes on Japan's questionable scientific whaling in the lead up to the International Whaling Commission meeting in South Korea. Japan is ...

This year’s commercial whaling season began in April with the first kills by Norway and Japan. Although Norway’s quota allows up to 1,406 minke whales in total to be killed by the 15 registered ...

Talks at which Japan pressed its case for pursuing whaling despite a landmark UN court ruling were described as “constructive,” as a meeting of scientific experts wrapped up in California. Japanese ...

Japan has made good on years of threats by bolting the International Whaling Commission, but its decision may also offer a way out of tensions that looked inextricable. Japan, which calls whaling part ...

Paul Watson, the iconic environmental activist and founder of the organisation Sea Shepherd, is no stranger to clashes with corporations and governments. Known for his bold and often controversial ...