Japan Violates International Law With New Whale Hunt
Four Japanese whaling ships departed from the fishing town of Ayukawa in Ishinomaki for its first hunt since the U.N. top court last month ordered Japan to stop killing whales in the Antarctic reports the Japan Times.
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Contrary to previous departing fleets however, there were no protesters among the crowd.
Japan has hunted whales under a loophole in a 1986 global moratorium that allowed it to conduct lethal research on the mammals, but has openly admitted the meat makes its way onto store shelves and restaurant menus.
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