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5 ships sail from Yamaguchi for 'research whaling'

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The 7,575-ton mother-ship Nissin Maru leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Nov. 8 for ''research whaling'' in the Antarctic Ocean, with family members of its crew seeing them off. The Nissin Maru, with four other ships, will conduct the mission for six months.

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Whaling ships on display at Nagasaki port

NAGASAKI, Japan - Visitors view an ice block from the Antarctic Ocean displayed on the 7,575-ton Nissin Maru, a Japanese ''whale researching'' ship at Nagasaki port April 20. Two of five ships, which returned April 4 from a ''research whaling'' voyage in the Antarctic Ocean, have been made public prior to a meeting of the International Whaling Commission due to start April 25 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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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.