TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Wednesday that it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunts for the animals for the first time in 30 years, but said it would no longer go ...

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 ...

They’re baaaaaaaccck. Whale hunting season kicked off in Japan last week as three ships set off with a security vessel on their annual pilgrimage to cull hundreds of minke and fin whales in Antarctic ...

KUSHIRO, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese whaling ships prepared on Sunday to set to sea, with crews gathering on decks in a northern port a day ahead of Japan's first commercial whaling hunt in more than ...

(AP) A support vessel for the Japanese whaling fleet is sailing in Australian waters in pursuit of anti-whaling activists, Australia said after protesting to the Tokyo government. Environment Minister ...

The International Whaling Commission under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling placed a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1982. However, member countries are allowed to issue ...

The media spotlight has been hovering over The Hague in the past week as Australia made its case against Japan's scientific whaling practices, accusing Japan of trying to "cloak its ongoing commercial ...

Japanese fishermen will set sail on Monday to hunt whales commercially for the first time in more than three decades, after Tokyo's controversial decision to withdraw from the International Whaling ...

Whaling ships set sail on Monday from Japan as the country resumed commercial hunts for the first time in decades after withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission. Five ships from whaling ...

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was arrested in July on a Japanese warrant - Copyright AFP/File Leiff Josefsen Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was arrested in ...