There have been no notable international moves so far that signal the feared backlash against Japan’s resumption of commercial whaling. But the new coronavirus pandemic has prevented the IWC ...

Japan is set to allow fin whale fishing around its coast in addition to three smaller whale species currently permitted under the country's commercial whaling. The proposal comes five years after ...

Volunteers scan the ocean for any sign of whales in this image taken in 2019 during the Pacific Whale Foundation’s Great Whale Count. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a different type of annual ...

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japan has "temporarily halted" its much-criticized plan for a humpback whale hunt in the seas near Antarctica, said the chief Japanese government spokesman on Friday.