Australia accuses Japan of &#39;dummy-spit&#39; over whales
390370
Australia accused Japan Sunday of a &quot;dummy-spit&quot; -- a childish tantrum -- over its failure to lift the ban on commercial whaling at an international conference last week.
574665
Japan has accused Russia of violating its airspace over and demanded an explanation.
672752
New Zealand demanded Friday that Japan explain why its oil-laden whaling ship has not yet been moved away from the pristine Antarctic coast eight days after being crippled by fire.
634754
Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday defended a proposed security pact with Japan that has raised the hackles of China and South Korea.
418224
Australia's foreign minister warned Friday of tougher action to stop Japan whaling, despite calls for calm from both sides over the increasingly emotive dispute.
44449
Australian journalist Ben Hills has lashed out at the Japanese government, likening it to North Korea, after a publisher backed down on releasing his biography on Crown Princess Masako.
675200
An international animal welfare group brought a landmark legal case accusing Japan's last commercial whaling company of killing more than 400 whales in an Australian whale sanctuary.
93352
THE detection of a foreign submarine in Japan&#39;s southern coastal waters threatens to aggravate tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.
510557
Australian anti-whaling protesters smeared fake blood on themselves in the Japanese consulate in Melbourne Thursday before police moved them on, police and protesters said.
451309
Japan expressed outrage on Friday after anti-whaling activists poured acid on the decks of a whaling ship in the Southern Ocean and slightly injured two crew members, terming their activities "piratical, terrorist acts".
252421
Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the countryâs fleet, a Japanese official said.
119142
Australia releases "distressing" pictures of whales harpooned by a Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean.
64135
Britain was cautioned after using what was termed &quot;derogatory&quot; language during an emotional debate Wednesday on Japan&#39;s controversial bid to lift a moratorium on commercial whaling.
641689
Plans to hunt up to 50 humpback whales put on hold amid pressure from Australia
255816
Japan is dropping its plan to kill humpback whales in the seas off Antarctica, the countryâs top government spokesman said.
133742
The &amp;quot;Save the Whales&amp;quot; lobby has stirred memories of its 1980s heyday, thwarting Japan&#039;s bid to control the world body frustrating its commercial whaling ambitions.
159320
A high-seas standoff between Japanese whalers and militant anti-whaling activists in the icy waters of the Antarctic drew the governments of Australia and Japan into the fray Wednesday.