Japanese whalers return from Antarctic with catch of 333 minke whales

Japanese whalers return from Antarctic with catch of 333 minke whales

Japanese whaling vessel the Nisshin Maru returns to the Shimonoseki port in southwestern Japan on March 31, 2017, after it and two other vessels hunted 333 minke whales in the Antarctic Ocean. The vessels conducted so-called scientific whaling for the second time in the southern waters since an international court ruled practice illegal in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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