The factory ship Nisshin Maru of the Japanese whaling fleet returned to Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Tuesday, completing hunts in the Antarctic Ocean hampered by… ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Tue, Apr 14 2009
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IWC plan suggests coastal whaling for Japan »
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