Japan whale hunt is rubbish: Greenpeace
Japan's announcement that it wants to resume commercial whaling for scientific research has been rubbished by Greenpeace as a "senseless" decision that flouts international law.
Japan's announcement that it wants to resume commercial whaling for scientific research has been rubbished by Greenpeace as a "senseless" decision that flouts international law.
New Zealand has welcomed an International Court of Justice decision that Japan's whaling program does not serve the purposes of scientific research and must cease.
The organisation in charge of Japan's Southern Ocean whaling fleet is disputing allegations it attacked a protest boat, saying the fleet has a right to defend itself.
A Japanese whaling vessel entering New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) was "deeply disrespectful", New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says.
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