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Permafrost thaw: Failing ice cellars signal changes in Alaska whaling towns

World / Science & Health Nov 26, 2019

Permafrost thaw: Failing ice cellars signal changes in Alaska whaling towns

For generations, people in Alaska's far-north villages have relied on hand-built ice cellars dug deep into the permafrost to age their whale and walrus meat to perfection and keep it cold throughout the year. Scores of the naturally refrigerated food caches lie beneath these largely ...

Japan considers bill to continue public aid for commercial whaling

National Nov 20, 2019

Japan considers bill to continue public aid for commercial whaling

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday approved a plan to introduce a bill to continue providing public aid for commercial whaling, which resumed July 1 after a 31-year hiatus.

Makah Tribe hopes to hunt whales again, 20 years after last kill

World / Social Issues Nov 15, 2019

Makah Tribe hopes to hunt whales again, 20 years after last kill

A weeklong hearing in Seattle will help determine whether a small American Indian tribe from the northwest corner of Washington state can once again hunt whales. The Makah Tribe conducted its last legal hunt in 1999, when its crew harpooned a gray whale from a ...

Tokyo court rules against 2016 deportation order for 'Cove' dolphin activist Ric O'Barry

National / Crime & Legal Oct 4, 2019

Tokyo court rules against 2016 deportation order for 'Cove' dolphin activist Ric O'Barry

The Tokyo District Court ruled Thursday against a government deportation order issued to a U.S. activist opposing dolphin hunts when he tried to enter Japan three years ago. The government had argued that when Richard "Ric" O'Barry, 79, who featured in the Oscar-winning documentary "The ...

Boris Johnson's dismay over whaling

Commentary / Japan Sep 9, 2019

Boris Johnson's dismay over whaling

by Kuni Miyake

Britain's prime minister shouldn't allow the U.K.-Japan relationship to be unduly defined by a still important but strategically irrelevant issue like whaling.

Japan nears catch quota for minke whales as hunt resumes off Hokkaido

National Sep 2, 2019

Japan nears catch quota for minke whales as hunt resumes off Hokkaido

Japanese whaling ships on Monday resumed hunting minke whales in coastal areas off Hokkaido, and are likely to reach their catch quota later this month. Since restarting commercial whaling in July for the first time in 31 years, the government has set a catch quota ...

Fleet of boats return empty on first day of Taiji's dolphin hunting season

National Sep 1, 2019

Fleet of boats return empty on first day of Taiji's dolphin hunting season

The hunting season for dolphins using a controversial "drive-hunting" method began Sunday in the whaling town of Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture, this time without the usual protests from animal-rights groups. While local police officers were on high alert for anti-whaling campaigns, 12 boats left the ...

Japan's Fisheries Agency to seek ¥5.1 billion for commercial whaling

National Aug 27, 2019

Japan's Fisheries Agency to seek ¥5.1 billion for commercial whaling

The Fisheries Agency plans to seek ¥5.1 billion for commercial whaling from the government in fiscal 2020, according to a draft of its budget request submitted to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday. The LDP approved the draft. The amount to be sought for ...

Boris Johnson assures Abe of smooth Brexit at G7, seeking to calm Japan firms' concerns

National / Politics Aug 27, 2019

Boris Johnson assures Abe of smooth Brexit at G7, seeking to calm Japan firms' concerns

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe got assurances Monday from his British counterpart Boris Johnson that he will aim for a smooth Brexit. In his first meeting since Johnson became prime minister in July, Abe called for an "orderly" departure from the European Union as Tokyo has ...

Japan under pressure from CITES over sales of meat from past hunts of endangered whales

National / Science & Health Aug 17, 2019

Japan under pressure from CITES over sales of meat from past hunts of endangered whales

Facing accusations that it is still violating a wildlife treaty, Japan insists it no longer hunts endangered sei whales in international waters.

First Bryde's whale auction held since Japan's resumption of commercial whaling

Business Aug 1, 2019

First Bryde's whale auction held since Japan's resumption of commercial whaling

A Bryde's whale auction was held on Thursday in Sendai — the first since Japan ended its 31-year commercial whaling hiatus a month ago — with cuts of the single animal on offer sold for up to ¥20,000 ($183) per kilogram. Bryde's whale meat is ...

Tracing the fluctuations in moral standards

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Jul 27, 2019

Tracing the fluctuations in moral standards

by Michael Hoffman

"More than 16,500 women and men were sterilized against their will," reads a newsletter published in 1997 by the Network on Ethics and Intellectual Disability. Shocking. Less so now, as recent developments having made the fact familiar. Shocking all the same. How can civilization have ...

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