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Lead ship of whaling fleet returns to Japan

Lead ship of whaling fleet returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The 8,044-ton Nisshin Maru, the lead ship of a Japanese whaling fleet, returns to Oi Marine Products Wharf in Tokyo's Ota Ward on April 15 after completing a five-month research mission in the Antarctic Ocean. The six-vessel fleet caught a total of 551 whales during the mission, only 60 percent of an initially planned 900 whales due to acts of sabotage by anti-whaling activists.

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Lead ship of whaling fleet returns to Japan

Lead ship of whaling fleet returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The 8,044-ton Nisshin Maru, the lead ship of a Japanese whaling fleet, returns to Oi Marine Products Wharf in Tokyo's Ota Ward on April 15 after completing a five-month research mission in the Antarctic Ocean. The six-vessel fleet caught a total of 551 whales during the mission, only 60 percent of an initially planned 900 whales due to acts of sabotage by anti-whaling activists. (Kyodo)

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