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Japan's foreign minister said he is disappointed with Australia's threat to take his country to court over its Antarctic whale hunts, and Australia vowed to approach the International Whaling Commission as soon as possible. The comments from Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada follow two days of talks with officials in Australia over Tokyo's research whaling program, which kills hundreds of whales a year in Antarctic waters. The talks come amid an increasingly aggressive fight between the Japanese whaling fleet and US-based activist group Sea Shepherd, which pursues the whalers each year in an attempt to thwart the hunt. In January, a Japanese whaler struck Sea Shepherd's high-tech speedboat Ady Gil, which sank a day later. Earlier this month, Sea Shepherd's ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided, causing minor damage to both vessels. The day before Okada's arrival, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Australia would take international legal action against Japan if the program was not stopped by November. Okada said Tokyo will defend its hunt in any legal forum, saying it is an allowed exception to the International Whaling Commission's 1986 ban on commercial whaling. "The position of Australia and Japan on the whaling issue is different but we are in agreement that we should continue with objective and constructive discussions with a view to a diplomatic solution in the International Whaling Commission and between the two nations." "Should action become ...
video.news.sky.com Australia is threatening to take legal action against Japan if it continues to hunt whales around the country's waters - a measure New Zealand has said it will support. From Sydney, our Australia correspondent Ian Woods reports.
February 19, 2010, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd bluntly tells Japan to commit to stop whaling or face international court action this year, a day before a visit by Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada. Rudd said Australia had collected video and photographic evidence about Japan's annual Antarctic hunting expeditions, threatening to take its major trading ally to court before the next whaling season. He told the Channel 7 TV station that Australia would "work with the Japanese to reduce, through negotiation, their current catch to zero". "If that fails -- and I'm saying this very bluntly and very clearly on your programme today -- if that fails, then we will initiate that court action before the commencement of the whaling season in November 2010." Australia and New Zealand have consistently opposed Japan's killing of hundreds of whales each year via a loophole in an international moratorium that allows "lethal research".
The Midday Report | Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:43:00 +1100 | Duration 2m 30s There is growing resentment in Japan towards the activities of the Sea Shepherd, with people thinking the group is too militant on whalers.
ABC News - There is growing resentment in Japan towards the activities of the Sea Shepherd, with people thinking the group is too militant on whalers. (what about the issue that we dont want them here fishing? the record shows all the contraversial fishing they have done here, chopping fins off and throwing back live sharks, yes we remember.... we all have fishing restrictions on us in australia, but seems free for all when our government gets involved, as long as your not an australian citizen you can come and take what you want?...........)
Legal experts say the Rudd Government could stop Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters within two weeks by seeking an urgent injunction through international courts. Australian and New Zealand scientists are also set to challenge Japan's lethal scientific whaling research, launching a six-week survey to track the impacts of climate change on whales and their Antarctic habitat. Australian National University international law expert Professor Don Rothwell said yesterday that a court injunction could effectively ''shut down'' Japan's whaling operations in the Southern Ocean within weeks. The Government was ''certainly well-aware this legal avenue is open to them'', he said. In the lead up to the last federal election, Labor promised to take international legal action to stop Japanese whaling. Professor Rothwell is one of several law experts to brief the Federal Government over the past three years on possible legal challenges. ''They sought advice on this matter before they took office, and were told it was certainly possible. It has always been an option they could pursue,'' he said. Australian Marine Conservation Society director Darren Kindleysides said Australia should act immediately to seek provisional measures through the International Court of Justice or the International Tribunal for the Law of Sea. It would take several years for the full case to be heard, and this would allow time to overhaul the International Whaling Commission ''so it can evolve from an old ...
7.30 Report | Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:13:00 +1100 | Duration 7m 21s A sea shepherd conservation crew has clashed with a Japanese whaling fleet in the Great Southern Ocean. Investigations have been launched with the whalers who claim they were trying to take evasive action, whilst environmentalists say it was attempted murder. There is now pressure on the Australian Government to send an observer ship into the remote region.
The ABC's Chris Ullman interviews Peter Garrett on Friday about Australian strategy to stop Japanese whalers in the southern ocean this year
The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd says one of its boats has sunk in the Southern Ocean after being hit by a Japanese vessel. The group says the Ady Gil was at a standstill in Australian waters off Commonwealth Bay when the Japanese whaling ship Shonan Maru 2 deliberately rammed into it. Sea Shepherd spokesman Chris Aultman, a helicopter pilot for the group, says no crew members were injured in the incident, but the ship has been destroyed. "The vessel was dead in the water. It was completely and absolutely a wilful act," he said. "Luckily no one was in the bow of the vessel at the time of the collision or they certainly would have been killed instantly." "There's a big difference between throwing stink bombs and sinking a vessel," he said. from abc.net.au
Greens Leader Bob Brown says a raid on the Sea Shepherd's anti-whaling ship by the Australian Federal Police was outrageous behaviour. The Steve Irwin remains in Hobart after it was boarded by AFP officers late yesterday, at the request of Japanese authorities. The ship's captain Paul Watson says officers took hundreds of hours of video footage and a log book. Senator Brown says he has written to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd asking for an explanation. "It'll be one of the most unpopular decisions the Rudd Government has made so far," he said. "Australians will be outraged by the appearance that the Australian police are doing the bidding of the Japanese whaling authorities." The warrant authorized the seizing of "all edited and raw video footage, all edited and raw audio recordings, all still photographs, producer's notes, interview transcripts, production meeting minutes, post production meeting minutes as well as the ship's log books, global positioning system records, automatic radar plotting aid, purchase records, receipts, financial transaction records, voyage information and navigational plotted charts." The Animal Planet series Whale Wars was very embarrassing to the Japanese government and the Japanese whaling industry in 2008. Japan does not wish to see the airing of the second season of Whale Wars and is putting as much diplomatic pressure on Australia as they possibly can to prevent further exposure of their illegal whaling operations in the Southern Ocean. "I ...
Friday, December 26, 2008 Sea Shepherd Clashes With Whaling Fleet in Australian Waters 0730 GMT December 26th, 2008 Australian Antarctic Territorial Waters The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship Steve Irwin closed in on one of the vessels of the Japanese whaling fleet at 0730 Hours GMT (1930 Hours Sydney Time) on December 26th off the coast of the Australian Antarctic Territory north of the Mawson Peninsula. The Kaiko Maru emerged from dense fog in front of the Steve Irwin. The Sea Shepherd crew pursued and delivered 10 bottles of rotten butter and 15 bottles of a methyl cellulose and indelible dye mixture. "That is one stinky slippery ship," said Sea Shepherd 2nd Officer Peter Hammarstedt of Sweden. The Japanese ship was ordered out of the territorial waters of Australia by Australian citizen Jeff Hansen from Perth, Western Australia. The message was delivered in Japanese. As the Steve Irwin came alongside the starboard side of the Kaiko Maru, the whaler steered hard to starboard and struck the Steve Irwin lightly crushing part of the aft port helicopter deck guard rails on the Sea Shepherd ship. There was no serious damage to either ship. The Sea Shepherd crew's objective was to intimidate the Japanese fleet and to keep them moving Eastward out of Australian Territorial waters. The Sea Shepherd crew have been pursuing the fleet eastward for a week. There is only 90 miles left before the fleet enters the New Zealand Zone. "Our objective now is to chase them out of ...
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Many pro-whalers say Australians are racist, greeedy, self centred etc. This is a scapegoat for the pro-whalers. In fact Australia has a very good relationship with Japan. we are not racist, we are a multicutlural country and are made up of many cultures. We would be the last to be racist. The fact is over half the world is against whaling, pro-whalers try to make out its australians and only australia. This is simply not true. Many nations are against whaling, recently new members to the anti-whaling group is the UN committe and he European Comission (all euro countries). this means the WHOLE of europe wants to Japan to stop its illegal hunt and illegal trade. Pro-whalers may try and cause conflict between Australia and Japan, but it won't work and it especially won't justify whaling. Have you ever noticed a pro-whalers defence will have nothnig to do with whaling? its just all about Australia. Its time for the pro-whlers to stop using this as a scapegoat and come up with real results. Everytime they bring up Australia and racism thy are just exposing their own racism towards Australians. Help stop whaling now: worldagainstwhaling.webs.com TOGETHER WE CAN STOP WHALING
ABC News Australia report on the aledged shooting of the captain of the Steve Irwin (Sea Shepherd) by Japanese whalers. Aired 3 March 2008. For more on this and other Japan-related news, see my blog: teachingonjapan.blogspot.com
Japan is the only country conducts scientific research on whales and collects valuable ecological data on whales every year. According to the result of Japan's research, whales are not in danger of extinction at all, and the number of whales has increased enough to threaten the sea's ecosystem and damages other fishery resources actually. The result shows whales without natural enemies could destroy ecological food chain. It is necessary to cull over-increased whales now. Japan is the only country that conducts scientific research on whales and collects valuable ecological data on whales every year. According to the result of Japan's research, whales are not in danger of extinction at all, and the number of whales has increased enough to threaten the sea's ecosystem and damages other fishery resources actually. The result shows whales without natural enemies could destroy ecological food chain. "Whales are endangered species" is plainly false. Japan is the only country that researches on whales scientfically and presents Japanese research data to IWC every year. So, this means IWC has the same data as Japan. They discuss on whaling issues on the basis of Japanese research data in IWC and IWC decides on policy for whaling . Australia is a member of IWC. Despite Australia joined in conference of IWC, why Australia cannot follow IWC's policy? Why Australia government acts the child? Australia is a rogue nation? IWC permited Japan to operate research whaling in order to get ...
tamagawaboat.wordpress.com Japan is the only country conducts scientific research on whales and collects valuable ecological data on whales every year. According to the result of Japan's research, whales are not in danger of extinction at all, and the number of whales has increased enough to threaten the sea's ecosystem and damages other fishery resources actually. The result shows whales without natural enemies could destroy ecological food chain. It is necessary to cull over-increased whales now. Japan is the only country that conducts scientific research on whales and collects valuable ecological data on whales every year. According to the result of Japan's research, whales are not in danger of extinction at all, and the number of whales has increased enough to threaten the sea's ecosystem and damages other fishery resources actually. The result shows whales without natural enemies could destroy ecological food chain. "Whales are endangered species" is plainly false. Japan is the only country that researches on whales scientfically and presents Japanese research data to IWC every year. So, this means IWC has the same data as Japan. They discuss on whaling issues on the basis of Japanese research data in IWC and IWC decides on policy for whaling . Australia is a member of IWC. Despite Australia joined in conference of IWC, why Australia cannot follow IWC's policy? Why Australia government acts the child? Australia is a rogue nation? IWC permited Japan to operate ...
apan's Fisheries Agency says Australia and New Zealand should help protect the Japanese fleet and has accused environmental group Sea Shepherd of being responsible for violent confrontations in recent years. For more on this topic and other Japan-related issues, visit: teachingonjapan.blogspot.com
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