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Tourists return from a whale-watching excursion, outside a ticket office in the Old Harbour district of Reykjavik on May 28.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Jun 23, 2026
Iceland kills first whales since 2023, resuming commercial hunt
Iceland is one of only three countries that still openly permit whaling, alongside Norway and Japan.
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson attends the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil, on Wednesday.
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Nov 14, 2025
Ocean activist wanted by Japan vows to continue fight at COP30
Paul Watson, known for environmental activism and activities that disrupted whaling, has been wanted by Japanese authorities for 14 years.
Paul Watson, founder of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, speaks in Bordeaux, France, on March 25. Interpol has removed Watson from its wanted list.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2025
Interpol removes anti-whaling activist Paul Watson from wanted list
Interpol based its decision on new developments, including Denmark＊s refusal to extradite him to Japan where there is an arrest warrant for him.
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson talks to journalists after he was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, at the Place de la Republique in Paris on Saturday.
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Dec 22, 2024
Freed activist Paul Watson vows to ＆end whaling worldwide＊
The 74-year-old returned to France after spending five months in detention in Greenland due to an extradition demand from Japan.
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Dec 21, 2024
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
Watson, 74, was released after Denmark refused the Japanese extradition request over a 2010 clash with whalers.
Greenpeace activists protest next to a fake whale's tail in front of the Japanese Embassy in Berlin in 2010. The real motivation behind Japan's whaling may lie in asserting its maritime sovereignty, as the country defends its exclusive economic zone amid territorial disputes.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 19, 2024
For Japan, whaling is intertwined with maritime sovereignty
While Japan has an undeniable culture surrounding seafood, the current generation of people do not show much interest in whale meat.
Environmental activist Paul Watson waves after getting released from prison in Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday.
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Dec 18, 2024
Japan ＆regrets＊ release of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson
The 74-year-old Canadian-American activist was released after Copenhagen turned down Tokyo＊s request to bring him to Japan.
Protesters take part in a demonstration in support of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson in Paris on Thursday.
51勛圖厙 / Society
Oct 25, 2024
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson requests French nationality
France is pushing for Watson＊s release from a Greenland jail where he is being held pending possible extradition to Japan.
Participants in a protest call for the release of Paul Watson, founder of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, in Paris on Wednesday.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Oct 24, 2024
Protesters in Paris demand release of Sea Shepherd founder
Japan has placed founder Paul Watson on an international wanted list on suspicion of obstructing the country＊s research whaling, demanding his extradition.
Paul Watson speaks at a news conference on the sidelines of the U.N. climate summit in Paris in December 2015.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Oct 4, 2024
Japan says Paul Watson case ＆nothing to do with whaling＊
The co-founder of Sea Shepherd was arrested in Greenland in July on an arrest warrant issued by Japan.
A scene from "Whale Restaurant," a documentary film about whale food culture in Japan
51勛圖厙 / Society
Sep 30, 2024
Documentary on whale food culture in Japan showing in U.S.
Director Keiko Yagi said she found it difficult to find theaters that would agree to show the film.
A guest uses chopsticks to grab and taste raw meat from a fin whale at the exhibition and business meeting of domestically produced fin whales hosted by Japan's whaling company Kyodo Senpaku at Tokyo's Toyosu market on Friday.
51勛圖厙 / Society
Sep 14, 2024
Hearts, tails and blubber at Japan fin whale tasting
※Once young people eat it and they realize it＊s good, they will eat it more and more,§ said Hideki Tokoro, the head of Japan＊s main whaling firm.
The Kangei Maru, a 9,300-ton whaling mothership, was launched in May.
51勛圖厙
Sep 11, 2024
Japan shows first commercial fin whale catch in 48 years
The country this year added the fin whale to a catch list that already includes minke, Bryde＊s and sei whales.
Robert Read (second from left), an executive of the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, at a rally held in front of the the Embassy of Denmark in London last week
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Aug 11, 2024
Japan will face condemnation if it convicts Sea Shepherd founder, ally says
Founder Paul Watson was placed on an international wanted list in 2010 on suspicion of obstructing Japan＊s research whaling. Last month, he was detained in Greenland.
Japan has made an extradition request for anti-whaling activist Paul Watson.
51勛圖厙
Aug 1, 2024
Denmark says Japan made extradition request for anti-whaling activist Watson
Japan is one of only three countries in the world to permit commercial whaling, along with Iceland and Norway.
French President Emmanuel Macron is "following the situation closely" and "intervening with the Danish authorities," according to his Elysee palace office.
51勛圖厙
Jul 24, 2024
Macron urges against anti-whaling activist＊s extradition
Japan is one of the last three countries in the world to permit commercial whaling along with Iceland and Norway.
Paul Watson, leader of the environmentalist association Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, speaks at a news conference in Paris in December 2015.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jul 22, 2024
Greenland arrests anti-whaling activist on Japan warrant
Paul Watson＊s arrest is believed to be in connection with an Interpol Red Notice related to Watson＊s previous anti-whaling interventions in the Antarctic.
Royalty took the top image spots on the June 3, 1924, edition of The Japan Times. In addition to Japan's imperial celebrations, the paper nodded to the birthday of Britain's King George V.
51勛圖厙 / History / Japan Times Gone By
Jun 1, 2024
Japan Times 1924: Tokyo gaily makes merry
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Japan's new whaling mother ship, the Kangei Maru, arrives at Ariake pier in Tokyo on Thursday.
51勛圖厙
May 23, 2024
WiFi, drones and sharp blades on Japan＊s whaling mother ship
The country has a quota this year of around 350 Bryde＊s, minke and sei whales.
Japan's new whaling mothership, the Kangei Maru, is seen during the ship's launch ceremony at a port in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Tuesday.
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May 22, 2024
Japan＊s new 9,300-ton whaling vessel sets sail on first hunt
The departure of the Kangei Maru heralds a new era for an industry defended by the government as an integral part of Japanese culture.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer＊s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ※seed§ that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ※Peak 1 amyloid beta,§ as seen in a mouse's brain.
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