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New whaling factory ship

The Kangei Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, prepares to depart from its home port in Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 21, 2024, for its inaugural whaling voyage. The ship, operated by Kyodo Senpaku Co., was completed in March 2024, following the retirement of the Nisshin Maru in 2023.

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New whaling factory ship

The Kangei Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, departs from its home port in Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 21, 2024, for its inaugural whaling voyage. The ship, operated by Kyodo Senpaku Co., was completed in March 2024, following the retirement of the Nisshin Maru in 2023.

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New whaling factory ship

A priest prays during a ceremony inside the Kangei Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, in Shimonoseki, western Japan, on March 29, 2024. The ship was completed the same day and delivered to commercial whaling operator Kyodo Senpaku Co., following the retirement of its predecessor, Nisshin Maru, in November 2023.

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New whaling factory ship

Hideki Tokoro, president of commercial whaling operator Kyodo Senpaku Co., meets the press in Shimonoseki, western Japan, on March 29, 2024, after Kangei Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, was delivered to his company earlier in the day, following the retirement of its predecessor, Nisshin Maru, in November 2023.

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New whaling factory ship

The Kangei Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, is seen berthed at a dock in Shimonoseki, western Japan, on March 29, 2024, following its completion earlier in the day. The ship was delivered to commercial whaling operator Kyodo Senpaku Co., following the retirement of its predecessor, Nisshin Maru, in November 2023.

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World's only whaling factory ship retires

The Nisshin Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, enters the port in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 4, 2023, for a retirement ceremony following its last operation.

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Factory ship of Japanese whaling fleet returns home

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The factory ship Nisshin Maru of the Japanese whaling fleet anchors at Shimonoseki Port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on April 14 after returning from the Antarctic Ocean. The fleet's five other vessels involved in what the Japanese government claims is scientific research had already returned to Shimonoseki as of April 13.

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Research whaling ship Nisshin Maru returns to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese research whaling vessel Nisshin Maru is docked at a pier at the Port of Tokyo.

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Japan's research whaling

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Japanese research whaling ship the Yushin Maru No. 2 leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2013. Two Japanese whaling ships and a surveillance ship left the port the same day to join the mother vessel Nisshin Maru and hunt up to 935 Antarctic minke whales and up to 50 fin whales through March.

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Japan's research whaling

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Japanese research whaling ship the Yushin Maru leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2013. Two Japanese whaling ships and a surveillance ship left the port the same day to join the mother vessel Nisshin Maru and hunt up to 935 Antarctic minke whales and up to 50 fin whales through March.

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Whaling fleet returns from Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Japan's three-ship whaling fleet -- (from front) the mother ship Nisshin Maru, the Yushin Maru No. 2 and the Yushin Maru. The fleet returned to the port of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 7, 2013, after completing the season's research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Whaling fleet returns from Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Photo shows the mother ship Nisshin Maru of Japan's three-ship whaling fleet, which returned to the port of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 7, 2013, after completing the season's research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Whaling fleet returns from Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Photo shows the bow of the mother ship Nisshin Maru of Japan's three-ship whaling fleet, which returned to the port of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 7, 2013, after completing the season's research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. Marks are seen on the bow of the Nisshin Maru, which was rammed by vessels of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

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Whaling fleet returns home

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Nisshin Maru, the mother ship of the Japanese whaling fleet that went to the Antarctic Ocean, moored at Tokyo port after returning from a three-month whaling expedition.

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Whaling fleet returns home

TOKYO, Japan - The Nisshin Maru, the mother ship of the Japanese whaling fleet that went to the Antarctic Ocean, is moored at Tokyo port after returning from a three-month whaling expedition.

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Japan whalers return home

TOKYO, Japan - The Nisshin Maru, leading vessel of Japan's whaling convoy, returns to a Tokyo pier 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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Sea Shepherd forces Japan to halt this season's whaling

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Japanese research whaling mother ship Nisshin Maru entering Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture in April 2009. Japan said on Feb. 18, 2011, it had halted its research whaling for the current season in the Antarctic Ocean because of obstructive actions by the Sea Shepherd antiwhaling group.

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Lead ship of whaling fleet returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoyuki Ogawa (R), captain of the Nisshin Maru, the lead ship of Japan's whaling fleet, and Hajime Ishikawa (C), leader of Japan's whaling expedition for so-called scientific research purposes, attend a news conference in Tokyo on April 15. The ship returned home earlier in the day after completing a five-month expedition in the Antarctic Ocean that was hampered by violent protests by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-whaling group.

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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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Japanese research whaling fleet leaves for Antarctic Ocean

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Nisshin Maru, the mother ship of Japan's six-vessel whaling fleet, leaves Shimonoseki Port, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 18 on an expedition to the Antarctic Ocean that operators say is intended to undertake research on whales. It is the 21st whaling expedition carried out by the Institute of Cetacean Research, which began research whaling in 1987.

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Fire hits Japanese whaling ship in Antarctica, 1 missing: report

SYDNEY, Australia - A fire broke out on Feb. 15 on a Japanese whaling ship, the Nisshin Maru (file photo taken in September 1996 at Tokyo's Oi pier), in Antarctic waters, leaving one person missing, local media reported. The 8,030-ton ship is part of an Institute of Cetacean Research fleet the Japanese government has tasked with undertaking what it calls research whaling.

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Whaling research vessel leaves for Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - People bid farewell to the Japanese whaling research vessel Nisshin Maru, which left Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture for the Antarctic on Nov. 7. The research team will capture up to 440 minke whales to collect data and make a report to the International Whaling Commission, before returning to Japan next April

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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.

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Japanese research whaling fleet leaves for Antarctic Ocean

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Nisshin Maru, the mother ship of Japan's six-vessel whaling fleet, leaves Shimonoseki Port, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 18 on an expedition to the Antarctic Ocean that operators say is intended to undertake research on whales. It is the 21st whaling expedition carried out by the Institute of Cetacean Research, which began research whaling in 1987. (Kyodo)

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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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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.

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Research whaling ships return home

Family members of a crew member of the Nisshin Maru, the 8,145-ton mother ship of a whaling fleet, welcome its return at a port in the western Japan city of Shimonoseki. The vessel completed so-called research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Research whaling ships return home

Photo taken March 24, 2016, shows Nisshin Maru, the 8,145-ton mother ship of a whaling fleet, returning to a port in the western Japan city of Shimonoseki, after completing so-called research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan vessels leave for Antarctic for whaling through March

Two vessels are ready to leave Shimonoseki, Japan, on Dec. 1, 2015, to resume so-called research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean for the first time since an international court ruled against the practice in 2014. The vessels will join the 8,145-ton mother ship Nisshin Maru from Hiroshima Prefecture and another ship that had already left Miyagi Prefecture a day earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan vessels leave for Antarctic for whaling through March

People wave at one of the two vessels leaving Shimonoseki, Japan, on Dec. 1, 2015, to resume so-called research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean for the first time since an international court ruled against the practice in 2014. The vessels will join the 8,145-ton mother ship Nisshin Maru from Hiroshima Prefecture and another ship that had already left Miyagi Prefecture a day earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lead ship of whaling fleet returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoyuki Ogawa (R), captain of the Nisshin Maru, the lead ship of Japan's whaling fleet, and Hajime Ishikawa (C), leader of Japan's whaling expedition for so-called scientific research purposes, attend a news conference in Tokyo on April 15. The ship returned home earlier in the day after completing a five-month expedition in the Antarctic Ocean that was hampered by violent protests by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-whaling group. (Kyodo)

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Factory ship of Japanese whaling fleet returns home

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The factory ship Nisshin Maru of the Japanese whaling fleet anchors at Shimonoseki Port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on April 14 after returning from the Antarctic Ocean. The fleet's five other vessels involved in what the Japanese government claims is scientific research had already returned to Shimonoseki as of April 13. (Kyodo)

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Sea Shepherd forces Japan to halt this season's whaling

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Japanese research whaling mother ship Nisshin Maru entering Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture in April 2009. Japan said on Feb. 18, 2011, it had halted its research whaling for the current season in the Antarctic Ocean because of obstructive actions by the Sea Shepherd antiwhaling group. (Kyodo)

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Fire hits Japanese whaling ship in Antarctica, 1 missing: report

SYDNEY, Australia - A fire broke out on Feb. 15 on a Japanese whaling ship, the Nisshin Maru (file photo taken in September 1996 at Tokyo's Oi pier), in Antarctic waters, leaving one person missing, local media reported. The 8,030-ton ship is part of an Institute of Cetacean Research fleet the Japanese government has tasked with undertaking what it calls research whaling. (Kyodo)

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Whaling fleet returns home

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Nisshin Maru, the mother ship of the Japanese whaling fleet that went to the Antarctic Ocean, moored at Tokyo port after returning from a three-month whaling expedition. (Kyodo)

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Whaling fleet returns home

TOKYO, Japan - The Nisshin Maru, the mother ship of the Japanese whaling fleet that went to the Antarctic Ocean, is moored at Tokyo port after returning from a three-month whaling expedition. (Kyodo)

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Japan whalers return home

TOKYO, Japan - The Nisshin Maru, leading vessel of Japan's whaling convoy, returns to a Tokyo pier 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. (Kyodo)

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Commercial whaling in Japan

The whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru departs from Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on Feb. 24, 2020. Japan resumed commercial whaling the previous year following its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Commercial whaling in Japan

People see off the whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru at Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on Feb. 24, 2020. Japan resumed commercial whaling the previous year following its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Commercial whaling in Japan

People see off the whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru at Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on Feb. 24, 2020. Japan resumed commercial whaling the previous year following its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan resumes commercial whaling

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru departing from Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on July 1, 2019, for Japan's first commercial whaling operation in 31 years, after the country's withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan resumes commercial whaling

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru departing from Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on July 1, 2019, for Japan's first commercial whaling operation in 31 years, after the country's withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan resumes commercial whaling

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru departing from Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on July 1, 2019, for Japan's first commercial whaling operation in 31 years, after the country's withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan resumes commercial whaling

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru departing from Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on July 1, 2019, for Japan's first commercial whaling operation in 31 years, after the country's withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan resumes commercial whaling

The whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru departs from Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on July 1, 2019, for Japan's first commercial whaling operation in 31 years, after the country's withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan resumes commercial whaling

The whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru departs from Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on July 1, 2019, for Japan's first commercial whaling operation in 31 years, after the country's withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese whalers return from Antarctic

The Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru returns to the southwestern port of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture on March 31, 2018, after conducting what Japan calls a "research whaling" expedition in the Antarctic Ocean. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese whalers return from Antarctic with catch of 333 minke whales

Japanese whaling vessel the Nisshin Maru returns to the Shimonoseki port in southwestern Japan on March 31, 2017, after it and two other vessels hunted 333 minke whales in the Antarctic Ocean. The vessels conducted so-called scientific whaling for the second time in the southern waters since an international court ruled practice illegal in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whaling research vessel leaves for Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - People bid farewell to the Japanese whaling research vessel Nisshin Maru, which left Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture for the Antarctic on Nov. 7. The research team will capture up to 440 minke whales to collect data and make a report to the International Whaling Commission, before returning to Japan next April (Kyodo)