Watch protesters toss objects at the ship » The conservation group said it also threw packets of a slippery chemical on to the deck of the ship, making it difficult to cut up whales. The unnamed ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The future of whaling in Japan was thrown into doubt after the International Court of Justice ruled Monday that the nation’s annual hunt in the Antarctic was not really ...

The media spotlight has been hovering over The Hague in the past week as Australia made its case against Japan's scientific whaling practices, accusing Japan of trying to "cloak its ongoing commercial ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – New Zealand sharply criticized Japan on Monday for allowing a whaling ship to enter New Zealand’s maritime economic zone. The government said Japan ignored requests that ...

FILE - Environmental activist Paul Watson smiles as he arrives at Charles de Gaulle's airport in Roissy, north of Paris, Dec. 20, 2025 after being released from prison few days ago. (AP Photo/Thibault ...

FILE - Paul Watson, then founder and President of the animal rights and environmental Sea Shepherd Conservation, attends a demonstration against the Costa Rican government near Germany's President ...

Aug. 2 (UPI) --The government of Japan formally requested the extradition from Denmark of Paul Watson, the anti-whaling activist and reality TV star who is being detained in Greenland. Japanese ...

A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest in Japan for more than a decade vowed at COP30 in Brazil to continue ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will resume commercial whaling from July in its waters and exclusive economic zone while ending its controversial hunts in the Antarctic, it said on Wednesday, as it announced ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A court in Greenland on Wednesday again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as Denmark considers an extradition request from Japan. The court ruled ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Friday it aims to resume whale hunts in the Antarctic later this year, even though the International Whaling Commission says Tokyo hasn’t proven that the mammals need to be ...

They’re baaaaaaaccck. Whale hunting season kicked off in Japan last week as three ships set off with a security vessel on their annual pilgrimage to cull hundreds of minke and fin whales in Antarctic ...