Month: July 2019

Japan has long said few whale species are endangered, and news in December that it was leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to resume hunting was the culmination of years of campaigns by ... ( read original story ...)

head of the Japan Small-Type Whaling Association, said. "People have hunted whales for more than 400 years in my home town." "I'm a bit nervous but happy that we can start whaling," one whaler told ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan has resumed commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal of traditionalists that's seen as a largely lost cause. Whaling boats embarked Monday on their first ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan is imposing further restrictions on exports to South Korea, citing a decline in “relations of international trust” between the Asian neighbours. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Second seed Naomi Osaka kicks off her quest for a third Grand Slam title against unseeded Kazakh Yulia Putintseva at Wimbledon on Monday in the Japanese's first tournament since losing her ... ( read original story ...)

Whaling boats embarked Monday on their first commercial hunts since 1988, when Japan switched to so-called research whaling, but will stay within the country’s exclusive economic waters. ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has long said few whale species are endangered, and news in December that it was leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to resume hunting was the culmination of years of campaigns by ... ( read original story ...)

"We are very excited at the resumption of commercial whaling," Yoshifumi Kai, head of the Japan Small-Type Whaling Association, told the Agence France-Presse news agency. "My heart is full of hope," ... ( read original story ...)

"This is a face saving way out of whaling, the beginning of the end of Japanese whaling," he told a news conference in Tokyo this week. Rather than breathing new life into the whaling industry, said ... ( read original story ...)

Warning: Video contains graphic images. Discretion advised. A small community in Japan is hoping to keep the tradition of serving whale meat alive as the country is about to restart commercial ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's land prices rose for a fourth straight year in 2018, thanks to solid demand for office space and a tourism boom, a government survey showed on Monday. Average land prices ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese media reported. “I hope that this summit will lead to progress,” Abe was quoted by Kyodo News and Jiji Press as telling reporters at the prime minister’s official residence. ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Often referred to as the world's busiest crosswalk, thousands of pedestrians scramble across Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing daily. At peak times, the hypnotic pace of the changing ... ( read original story ...)

At the end of hectic negotiations between G-20 countries which went on till 5 am on Saturday, the Osaka declaration stressed on economic offenders as part of the anti-corruption theme — portrayed as a ... ( read original story ...)