Japanese whaling, in terms of active hunting of whales, is estimated by the Japan Whaling Association to have begun around the 12th century. However,...

Whaling is the hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the...

(Japan) Whaling in Australia Whaling in Iceland Whaling in Japan Whaling in Norway "IWC Member countries and commissioners". International Whaling Commission...

whaling from prehistoric times up to the commencement of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986. Whaling...

Whaling in Norway involves hunting of minke whales for use as animal and human food in Norway and for export to Japan. Whale hunting has been a part of...

The Nisshin Maru (日新丸) was the primary vessel of the Japanese whaling fleet and was the world's only whaler factory ship. It was the research base ship...

ICR's whaling program was not for scientific purposes, as claimed, and ordered Japan to immediately cease its operation. In 2019, the Japanese government...

livestock. Commercial whaling, which has faced opposition for decades, continues today in very few countries (mainly Iceland, Japan and Norway), despite...

hybrid. Whaling was temporarily paused in Iceland between 2019 and 2021 as coronavirus restrictions, competition from subsidized Japanese whaling and increasing...

Taiji has been primarily known as a whaling town. Japanese traditional whaling techniques were developed here in the 17th century, and the commercial...