AOMORI, Japan, September 6, 2010 (ENS) – The Aomori District Court sentenced two Greenpeace Japan activists Monday to suspended one-year prison terms for trespassing and theft of whale meat from a ...

A Japanese public prosecutor announced on 19 May that it was launching an investigation into allegations that workers on whaling ships are embezzling whale meat and selling it to restaurant owners.

The Guardian reports on divisions in the whaling world. Chile vows to protect the sea mammals while Japan remains committed to whaling, ahead of next week’s International Whaling Commission meeting.

(Repeats to clarify headline garble) By Elaine Lies TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters) - Barring Greenpeace's anti-whaling ship Esperanza from docking in Tokyo violates free speech and suggests that Japan may ...

Greenpeace is among the most well-known environmental organizations in the world, the result of more than 50 years of headline-grabbing protest tactics. Its activists have confronted whaling ships on ...

MELBOURNE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Environmental group Greenpeace said on Saturday one of its protest ships has located the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean and is pursuing it. "Our primary ...

WHEN Greenpeace sent anti-whaling expeditions to the Antarctic to confront the Japanese fleet, the chances of seriously disrupting the slaughter were as flimsy as the inflatable boats the crew tried ...

TOKYO — The menu reads like a “save the whales” activist’s nightmare. There’s “gristle of the whale upper jaw” (750 yen or about $8). “Sliced raw whale heart” (750 yen). The variety platter: “five ...

Australia urged Japanese whalers and Greenpeace to calm down on Monday following life-threatening confrontations between them in the icy Southern Ocean. In the latest incident, a harpoon fired at a ...