Whaling

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  Japan set to wade into diplomatic row by bypassing ban on whaling

  4 Sep 2014:

  Tokyo poised to submit plan for 'scientific' programme of whale slaughter in Antarctic to get round ban on commercial whaling

• Charlie Sheen says Danish authorities are complicit in pilot whale ‘slaughter’

  1 Sep 2014: Actor had donated boat used by activists who were arrested after trying to save pod of 33 pilot whales in Denmark’s Faroe Islands

• Norway whale catch reaches highest number since 1993

  25 Aug 2014: Catch of 729 is the highest since Norway resumed commercial whaling despite a worldwide moratorium
  

• Whaling rears its head briefly to unsettle Tony Abbott and Shinzo Abe

  9 Jul 2014: Abbott says Australia’s friendship with Japan is 'far, far bigger than our disagreement on one particular subject'

• Japan to resume 'research' whaling in 2015 – video

  Video (1min 58sec), 9 Jul 2014:

  Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, says his country will abide by the decision passed down by the international court of justice

• 'Research' whaling by Japan to resume as Tony Abbott voices opposition

  8 Jul 2014: Shinzo Abe says whaling for science will resume in 2015, but insists Japan is a 'good international citizen'

• Japan kills 30 minke whales in first hunt since UN court order

  17 Jun 2014: Whaling fleet completes coastal 'research' not covered in international court of justice ruling against Antarctic hunt

• Britain's abandoned whale hunting stations - in pictures

  10 Jun 2014: Between 1909 and 1965, the whaling station of Leith Harbour on South Georgia was one of the busiest whaling stations in the world

• Australia and New Zealand condemn Japanese plan to resume whaling

  10 Jun 2014: Greenpeace says idea of sustainable commercial whaling is 'rubbish', while governments say ICJ ban must be respected

• Japanese PM admits seeking resumption of commercial whaling

  9 Jun 2014: Shinzo Abe's remarks come despite UN court ordering halt to Antarctic hunt ruled commercial venture not scientific research

• Banned Japanese whalers expect Southern Ocean hunt to resume

  12 Apr 2014: The Institute of Cetacean Research has indicated that whaling could resume despite the International Court of Justice ruling

• Japan's biggest online retailer, Rakuten, ends whale meat sales

  4 Apr 2014: Announcement comes after campaigners shamed company over issue and international court banned Southern Ocean hunt
  

• Japan confirms cancellation of whale hunt in response to court ruling

  3 Apr 2014: Annual hunt called off for the first time in 25 years, but officials say whaling will go ahead in other areas as scheduled

• Japan should 'reflect' on whaling ruling, says Tony Abbott

  2 Apr 2014: Australian prime minister faces pressure to raise issue at next week's talks but insists free-trade agreement remains first task

• Sea Shepherd calls for global police after Japan whaling ruling – video

  Video (1min 17sec), 1 Apr 2014:

  Sea Shepherd Australia has welcomed the international court of justice's ruling against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean. After the court found that the scientific benefits of the Japanese killing of minke whales was overstated, Sea Shepherd Australia director Bob Brown said the next step was for the UN to create a suitable international force to police the 'global commons' of the sea

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