2 ships return to Nagasaki after 'research whaling'

2 ships return to Nagasaki after 'research whaling'

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 7,575-ton Nisshin Maru, along with the 368-ton No. 2 Kyoshin Maru, returns to Shin Nagasaki port in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on April 4 after completing what the government calls ''research whaling'' in the Antarctic Ocean in an operation that started last November.

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