Japan scrubs Antarctic whale hunt
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Final tally: 508 whales, 1 crew member Japan's Antarctic whaling fleet has called it a day for this season following the recent fire aboard its main vessel the Nisshin Maru, Reuters reports.â¦
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The crew of a Japanese whaling ship stranded in Antarctic waters was trying to repair its engines Sunday and prevent an abrupt end to Japan's whaling season, an official said.
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Anti-whaling activists hunted a Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean on Tuesday, intent on ramming its flagship, as pro-whaling nations met in Tokyo to push for a return to commercial fishing of the giant creatures.
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An animal rights group claimed Tuesday Japan has illegally killed hundreds of whales in an Australian whale sanctuary and launched legal action aimed at stopping the hunt.
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A Japanese whaling ship is on fire and  one crew member is missing off the coast of Antarctica after a  blaze broke out below decks, New Zealand maritime authorities  said on Thursday.
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A Japanese whaling ship has begun moving away from Antarctica under its own power, an official said Sunday &#151; 10 days after a fire left it crippled and laden with fuel near the world's biggest penguin breeding ground.
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A Japanese whaling ship, stranded for  10 days off the Antarctic coast after a fire, no longer posed a  danger to wildlife but was staying in the frigid Southern  Ocean, New Zealand rescue officials said on Monday.
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Japan said Wednesday that the International Whaling Commission should allow four of its coastal communities to hunt minke whales because the tradition is so old that it qualifies as subsistence hunting.
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ANIMAL rights campaigners today claimed Japan has illegally killed hundreds of whales in an Australian sanctuary, and launched legal action aimed at stopping the hunt.
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Science & environment: Sea Shepherd abandons direct action against Japanese whalers in Antarctic as ship runs low on fuel
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Activists withdrew a threat to ram a  Japanese whaling fleet in the frigid Southern Ocean on Tuesday,  while in Tokyo pro-whaling nations met to push for a return to  commercial fishing of the giant creatures.
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Japan rejects New Zealand's plea to allow Greenpeace to tow a stricken whaling ship out of Antarctic waters.
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An anti-whaling group searching  Antarctic waters for a Japanese whaling fleet with the aim of  disrupting its operations said both its vessels will soon be  "pirate ships" following a decision by Britain to deregister  one its vessels.
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A special meeting of the global whaling body called by Japan  is boycotted by most anti-whaling nations.
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As activists clash with Japanese whalers on their Antarctic hunt, other anti-whaling campaigners are doing the once unthinkable -- getting out chopsticks and tasting whale meat.
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Japan is set to abandon whale hunting in the Antarctic for this season after its main whaling ship was crippled by a fire two weeks ago, public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday.
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Activists withdrew a threat to ram a Japanese whaling fleet in the frigid Southern Ocean on Tuesday, while in Tokyo pro-whaling nations met to push for a return to commercial fishing of the giant creatures.