Int'l court rules against Japanese whaling

Int'l court rules against Japanese whaling

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Koji Tsuruoka, who represented the Japanese government in a court case lodged by Australia seeking an end to Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Ocean, speaks with reporters after Japan lost the case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands, on March 31, 2014.

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