The whaling industry has opposed the move to end ‘scientific’ hunts off the coast of Antarctica in favour of commercial whaling in Japanese waters
The revelation came in a briefing from a Japanese foreign ministry official in Tokyo on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government drew international criticism with its decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission and resume commercial hunts in its exclusive economic zone.
The move to end “scientific” hunts near Antarctica was opposed by the local whaling industry, the foreign ministry official said, declining to be identified according to ministry policy.
