The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday approved a plan to introduce a bill to continue providing public aid for commercial whaling, which the country resumed July 1 after a 31-year hiatus.
The party aims to have the bill submitted to the current session of the Diet as lawmaker-initiated legislation, with backing from groups within the LDP so that it will go into effect by the end of the year.
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