Claiming purely “scientific” motives, Japan’s political leaders are cynically planning to resume whale hunting in the Southern Ocean, despite the International Court of Justice finding that the Japanese government regularly violated its obligations under the international ban against commercial whaling off Antarctica.Read the entire article, with links.
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Sunday, November 30, 2014
New York Times editorial critical of Japan's Whaling
From NYT editorial, Japan is Back in the Hunt for Whales, Nov. 29:
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