Japan hosting multilateral confab to 'normalize' whaling body

Japan hosting multilateral confab to 'normalize' whaling body

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese delegate Minoru Morimoto (C) waits for the opening of an international conference called by Japan on Feb. 13 to discuss how to ''normalize'' the International Whaling Commission originally set up to benefit the whaling industry.

Japan denies any attempt to seek massive whale hunt+

Japan denies any attempt to seek massive whale hunt+

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Minoru Morimoto, Japan's commissioner with the International Whaling Commission (IWC), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on April 26. He said Japan's attempts to resume commercial whaling are not aimed at massive whale catches.

Prospects dim for Japan's resumption of commercial whaling

Prospects dim for Japan's resumption of commercial whaling

ADELAIDE, Australia - Photo shows Minoru Morimoto (far L), Japan's chief delegate to the 53rd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), and other Japanese delegates. The IWC adopted on July 5 a nonbinding resolution filed by antiwhaling countries calling on Japan to stop its ongoing whale research in the Antarctic Sea.

Japan hosting multilateral confab to 'normalize' whaling body

Japan hosting multilateral confab to 'normalize' whaling body

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese delegate Minoru Morimoto (C) waits for the opening of an international conference called by Japan on Feb. 13 to discuss how to ''normalize'' the International Whaling Commission originally set up to benefit the whaling industry. (Kyodo)

Japan denies any attempt to seek massive whale hunt+

Japan denies any attempt to seek massive whale hunt+

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Minoru Morimoto, Japan's commissioner with the International Whaling Commission (IWC), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on April 26. He said Japan's attempts to resume commercial whaling are not aimed at massive whale catches.

Prospects dim for Japan's resumption of commercial whaling

Prospects dim for Japan's resumption of commercial whaling

ADELAIDE, Australia - Photo shows Minoru Morimoto (far L), Japan's chief delegate to the 53rd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), and other Japanese delegates. The IWC adopted on July 5 a nonbinding resolution filed by antiwhaling countries calling on Japan to stop its ongoing whale research in the Antarctic Sea.