Dolphin hunt season over in Taiji

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2011, shows Hatajiri Bay in the town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, known for the dolphin hunting by local fishermen which sparked an international outcry after being featured in the Oscar-winning U.S. documentary ''The Cove.'' The latest season for the controversial hunting, which began in September 2010, ended on Feb. 26, 2011.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001156986

Registered date
2011/2/26 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2011 Kyodo News

Media size
1889 × 1261 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
638.78(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Maglev train tunnel

FUJIKAWA, Japan, Oct. 13 Kyodo - A ceremony is held in Fujikawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2023, to mark the completion of a 710-meter tunnel for Central Japan Railway Co.'s Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev trains that will run between Nagoya and Tokyo at speeds of 500 kilometers per hour. (Kyodo)

New tram starts operating north of Tokyo

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan, Aug. 26 Kyodo - A light rail transit train carrying children and others runs through Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after a ceremony commemorating the start of the service is held at JR Utsunomiya Station on Aug. 26, 2023. Japan's first new tram system in 75 years covers the 14.6-kilometer route between the station and the nearby town of Haga in 48 minutes.

1st dolphin hunt of season starts in western Japan

The season's first drive hunt of dolphins and other small cetaceans starts in waters off Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sep. 1, 2020.

1st dolphin hunt of season starts in western Japan

The season's first drive hunt of dolphins and other small cetaceans starts in waters off Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 1, 2020.

1st dolphin hunt of season starts in western Japan

A fishing boat leaves a harbor in Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, early in the morning of Sep. 1, 2020, for the season's first drive hunt of dolphins and other small cetaceans.

Whaling in Japan

Fishermen drive small whales into a cove off Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture on Sept. 2, 2019, as the hunting season for the cetacean starts in the western Japan whaling town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

NRA chief inspects Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka (R, front), chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, walks by radioactive water tanks during his inspection at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014. (Pool photo)

Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September.

Emperor, empress visit shopping center in disaster-hit area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko visit a makeshift shopping center in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 23, 2014. The town was devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that claimed more than 15,000 lives in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

Welded tanks being built at Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Welded tanks are seen being built above ground at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 26, 2014. (Pool photo)