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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 ...)

Japanese fishermen will set sail on Monday to hunt whales commercially for the first time in more than three decades, after Tokyo's controversial decision to withdraw from the International Whaling ... ( 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 ...)

KOBE, Japan (AP) — David Villa and Andres Iniesta scored two goals each as struggling J-League side Vissel Kobe beat Nagoya Grampus 5-3 on Sunday. Villa opened the scoring with his eighth goal of the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan exited the IWC in its first walkout from a major international organization after three decades of lobbying for the restart of commercial whaling, reports Kyodo News Agency. It remains unclear ... ( read original story ...)