TOKYO – Critics of Japan’s whaling practices are guilty of “eco-imperialism” for trying to impose their beliefs on countries that hunt and eat whales, says Japan’s pointman on the issue. Japan is now embarking on a campaign to prove the scientific merits of its controversial Antarctic whaling missions, after the International Court of Justice earlier this year declared its purported research program was just a cover for commercial hunting.
Comment on Japan vows to resume Antarctic whale hunt for ‘science’ next year
Anna Fifield, Washington Post: World
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 2:02am
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