a relic of Japan’s whaling tradition, has finally retired after playing a central role in research and commercial operations for more than 30 years. It will be replaced by a modern vessel next ...

over an encounter with a Japanese whaling research ship in 2010. Watson was accused of obstructing the crew’s official duties by ordering the captain of his own vessel to throw explosives at the ...

In this image provided by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, an adult and sub-adult Fin whale are dragged aboard the Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling vessel, Feb. 6, 2008.

But anti-whaling protests have largely subsided after Japan switched from much-criticized Antarctic “research whaling” — seen as a cover for commercial hunts — to commercial whaling off ...

Mr Watson was detained on a 2012 Japanese arrest warrant, which accuses him of causing damage to a whaling ship in the Antarctic ... disguised as scientific research,” one of his lawyers ...

Japan’s coast guard had sought his arrest over an encounter with a Japanese whaling research ship in 2010 when he was accused of obstructing the crew’s official duties by ordering the captain ...

The country's only large-scale whaling fleet operator Kyodo Senpaku Co. launched the 7.5 billion-yen ($49-million) Kangei ...

But anti-whaling protests have largely subsided after Japan switched from much-criticized Antarctic “research whaling” — seen as a cover for commercial hunts — to commercial whaling off ...