Australia, Japan politely disagree in whale talks
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Australia and Japan agreed to disagree Thursday on a bitter feud over whaling as their foreign ministers tried to show that the countries' close relationship was otherwise intact.
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Japan said Thursday it has made no agreement to stop hunting humpback whales, denying comments from the US ambassador here that suggested a temporary deal had been struck.
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A UN meeting has harpooned a Japanese bid to ease curbs on trade in whale products, but a defiant Tokyo accused the West of &quot;cultural imperialism&quot; and vowed to press efforts to expand whaling.
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Police will grill the hardcore  activists who docked in Australia on Saturday amid pressure  from Japan for Canberra to take stronger action over recent  anti-whaling protests in icy waters near Antarctica.
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Sunday said the threat of diplomatic action from Tokyo would not stop his government from gathering evidence against Japanese whalers to help stop the slaughter of the animals.
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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.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Friday urged calm in a bitter dispute on whaling with Australia, which voiced disappointment as whalers resumed their controversial Antarctic hunt.
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Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the country's fleet, a Japanese official said Wednesday.
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Using the military to track Japanese whalers as part of Australia's anti-whaling campaign could cause a diplomatic rift with Tokyo, an opposition politician warned Friday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday defended a proposed security pact with Japan that has raised the hackles of China and South Korea.
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Environmentalists again clashed with Japanese whalers Tuesday in the Antarctic Ocean, with Greenpeace activists failing in a risky attempt to prevent the fleet's factory ship from refueling.
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A Japanese whaling ship late Thursday handed over to an Australian customs vessel two anti-whaling activists who barged aboard two days earlier, an official from Japan's Fisheries Agency said.
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Japan said Friday it will complain to Australia after the government released graphic pictures of bloody whaling operations, accusing Canberra of stirring up emotions.
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Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith was due Thursday in Japan as part of his first foreign trip since taking office, amid a bitter feud between the allies over whaling.
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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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A meeting called by Japan to plan the end of the whaling moratorium is boycotted by most anti-whaling nations.
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The United States and Japan may be  on opposite sides of the whaling debate but they have a common aim -- gaining support for whale hunting by their indigenous and coastal communities.