Japan Reportedly Will Leave International Whaling Group To Resume Commercial Hunts

December 20, 2018btollesonRSS Sample

A Japanese whaling fleets leaves the city of Ishinomaki in April 2014 as a Japan Coast Guard vessel provides security.

Earlier this year, Japan unsuccessfully lobbied members of the International Whaling Commission to drop the organization’s ban on commercial whaling.

(Image credit: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)