TOKYO, March 23 (Reuters) - Japan's main whaling ship was set to limp into port on Friday with a haul of 508 whales after cutting short its Antarctic whaling hunt due to a fire last month that killed ...

Whaling ships set sail on Monday from Japan as the country resumed commercial hunts for the first time in decades after withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission. Japan whaling ships set ...

TOKYO — Japan has asked Denmark to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, who has been in custody in Greenland since his arrest last month under a Japanese warrant, officials said Friday. Watson ...

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was arrested in July on a Japanese warrant - Copyright AFP/File Leiff Josefsen Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was arrested in ...

(AP) A support vessel for the Japanese whaling fleet is sailing in Australian waters in pursuit of anti-whaling activists, Australia said after protesting to the Tokyo government. Environment Minister ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – New Zealand sharply criticized Japan on Monday for allowing a whaling ship to enter New Zealand’s maritime economic zone. The government said Japan ignored requests that ...

FILE - Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, made famous by the television show "Whale Wars", talks with media at his home office in Woodstock, Vt. on Aug. 23, 2016. (AP Photo ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Environmental group Greenpeace's anti-whaling ship Esperanza sailed into Sydney Harbour on Friday to re-supply after protesting against Japanese whalers in the Antarctic and heads ...

They’re baaaaaaaccck. Whale hunting season kicked off in Japan last week as three ships set off with a security vessel on their annual pilgrimage to cull hundreds of minke and fin whales in Antarctic ...

FILE - Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, founder of the Oregon-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, is sworn in before testifying during a contempt of court hearing in federal court, on Nov. 6, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has asked Denmark to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, who was arrested in Greenland last month. Japan’s coast guard sought his arrest over an encounter with a Japanese ...