Japan whalers return home

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No.3 returns to Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, from the Antarctic Ocean on March 21, 2011. The whalers were forced to halt so-called research whaling after obstruction by the antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

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