Japan whaling ships set out for Antarctic - to count, not hunt
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 8, 2015 - Japanese whaling ships set sail for the Antarctic on Thursday on the look out for whales, but only to count them and take skin samples, after a UN court ordered an end to the annual hunt. Two ships - the 724-ton Yushinmaru and the 747-ton Daini (No 2) Yushinmaru - weighed anchor from a port in western Shimonoseki city, a major whaling base, a government official said. A third boat, the ... more
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