The International Whaling Commission announced an international moratorium on commercial whale hunting in 1986, but the industry continues in several parts of the world.

Since resuming whaling in 2003 after a 14-year pause, the island nation has killed 1,505 whales. Recent announcements by the country’s two whaling companies suggest that the annual hunt may be ...

They notoriously clashed with Japanese whaling ships near Antarctica in the Animal Planet reality series, “Whale Wars.”In 1986, Sea Shephard sank two Icelandic whaling ships.

The Obama administration is leading an effort within the International Whaling Commission to lift a 24-year international ban on commercial whaling for Japan, Norway and Iceland, the remaining ...

On the first day of Japan’s return to commercial whaling, two whales were killed and brought back to port. The two minke whales that were harpooned are the first to be killed by Japan for ...

But whaling “has become a sensitive, nationalistic topic,” she said. “It’s not about whaling itself. It’s more about Japanese pride and standing up for what people see as their culture.” ...

Japan has announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) next year, and will resume commercial hunting in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zone from July.

Jun Morikawa, a professor of international relations at Rakuno Gakuen University in Sapporo, Japan, is the author of “Whaling in Japan: Power, Politics and Diplomacy.” Updated January 11, 2013 ...

Japan resumed commercial whaling for the first time in 31 years on Monday, restricting whalers within 200 miles of the coast and ending decades of international hunting under the banner of research.

Under the whaling program, Japan had set annual "lethal sample size" limits of 50 per species for fin whales and humpback whales, in addition to approximately 850 Antarctic minke whales.

Ship passengers traumatized as 78 dolphins killed in whaling tradition By . Isabel Keane. Published July 12, 2023. Updated July 12, 2023, 2:18 p.m. ET. Explore More ...

This morning, the International court of Justice issued a long awaited decision in Australia’s case against Japan for illegal whaling under the International Convention for the Regulation of ...