Watch protesters toss objects at the ship » The conservation group said it also threw packets of a slippery chemical on to the deck of the ship, making it difficult to cut up whales. The unnamed ...

Tensions between Japan’s whaling fleet and environmental activists reached a breaking point in 2014 when the Yushin Maru No. 3 deliberately struck the Sea Shepherd vessel Bob Barker. The two sides had ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – New Zealand sharply criticized Japan on Monday for allowing a whaling ship to enter New Zealand’s maritime economic zone. The government said Japan ignored requests that ...

The media spotlight has been hovering over The Hague in the past week as Australia made its case against Japan's scientific whaling practices, accusing Japan of trying to "cloak its ongoing commercial ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Fisheries Agency has proposed expanding commercial whaling along the country’s coast to fin whales, a larger species than the three currently permitted. The proposal comes five ...

FILE - Environmental activist Paul Watson smiles as he arrives at Charles de Gaulle's airport in Roissy, north of Paris, Dec. 20, 2025 after being released from prison few days ago. (AP Photo/Thibault ...

Aug. 2 (UPI) --The government of Japan formally requested the extradition from Denmark of Paul Watson, the anti-whaling activist and reality TV star who is being detained in Greenland. Japanese ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will resume commercial whaling from July in its waters and exclusive economic zone while ending its controversial hunts in the Antarctic, it said on Wednesday, as it announced ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Friday it aims to resume whale hunts in the Antarctic later this year, even though the International Whaling Commission says Tokyo hasn’t proven that the mammals need to be ...

Watson, a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, is accused of obstructing a Japanese whaling research ship. TOKYO — Japan has asked Denmark to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul ...

A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest in Japan for more than a decade vowed at COP30 in Brazil to continue ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A court in Greenland on Wednesday again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as Denmark considers an extradition request from Japan. The court ruled ...