FILE - In this September, 2017, photo, a minke whale is unloaded at a port after a whaling for scientific purposes in Kushiro, in the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. Japan says it is leaving the ...

Japan cautiously welcomed an International Whaling Commission proposal that would effectively allow commercial whaling for the first time in 25 years though under strict quotas that the commission ...

TOKYO — The International Whaling Commission has proposed the first legal commercial whale hunts in 25 years, setting strict quotas but ending an outright ban that had many exceptions. Japan, Norway ...

TOKYO — A Japanese whaling ship returned home to the country’s southwest Friday after almost meeting its annual quota, ending its first commercial whaling season in 31 years. Operator Kyodo Senpaku Co ...

TOKYO — Japan cautiously welcomed an International Whaling Commission proposal that would effectively allow commercial whaling for the first time in 25 years — though under strict quotas that the ...

A minke whale that was killed for scientific purposes is unloaded at a port in Kushiro, in the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, in September 2017. Japan is considering leaving the International ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese whaling ship returned home to the country’s southwest Friday after almost meeting its annual quota, ending its first commercial whaling season in 31 years. Operator Kyodo ...