Humpback whales -- which Japan decided not to hunt this year due to an international outcry -- are now much less at risk of extinction… ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Wed, Aug 13 2008
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Japan Temporarily Stops Hunt Of Humpback Whales!!! »
YouTube video A controversial Japanese mission to hunt humpback whales in the Antarctic has been temporarily abandoned, a top government official says. Nobutaka Machimura said the humpback hunt would not go ahead - although the fleet will still hunt about 1,000 other... |
| 31 Dec 07 |
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Japan To Suspend Hunt For Humpback Whales » TreeHugger Withering criticism from the international media and hard work from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has convinced Japanese officials to agree to suspend the hunt for humpback whales during its annual whale hunt in the seas off of... |
| 21 Dec 07 |
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Under pressure, Japan suspends humpback whale hunt » Japan Today |
| 08 Dec 07 |
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Hunt threatens tourist industry » Japan Times Recently our local paper, "The West Australian," published a photograph of a humpback whale breaching, or leaping from, the water, with the sad comment that the whales are now returning to their... Read more . . . |
| 21 Dec 07 |
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Japan calls off hunt for humpbacks » Japan Times Even as its whalers sail for the Southern Ocean hunting grounds, Japan has agreed to temporarily suspend its pursuit of humpback whales, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura indicated Friday. Read more . . . |
| 28 Jan 08 |
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Canon declines to condemn whale hunt » Japan Times Canon Inc., the world's largest maker of digital cameras, has declined a request from Greenpeace International to condemn the government's expedition to hunt whales in the Southern Ocean. Read the full story . . . |
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