IWC urges Japan to scrap 'research whaling' plan

IWC urges Japan to scrap 'research whaling' plan

ULSAN, South Korea - Joji Morishita, a Japanese International Whaling Commission commissioner, speaks with journalists after the IWC adopted a resolution against Japan's new ''research whaling'' program and rejected a Japanese proposal for the IWC to abolish a sanctuary in the Antarctica region on June 22.

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