“We have a reasonable estimate that the eastern Australian humpback population was at least 30,000 whales prior to the last ...

TOKYO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Japan will not end what it calls its research whaling programme, but it also expects to maintain strong ties with Australia, one of the most vocal critics of the hunt, the ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A support vessel for the Japanese whaling fleet is sailing in Australian waters in pursuit of anti-whaling activists, Australia said after protesting to the Tokyo government ...

(Updates with Japan reaction) By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australia released on Thursday pictures of whales being killed by Japan in the Southern Ocean, fueling public anger and ...

Public hearings commence at the International Court of Justice on the case between Australia and Japan over whaling in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. Public hearings commence at the ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's prime minister on Friday set a November deadline for Japan to stop its research whaling program that kills hundreds of whales a year in Antarctic waters, or else face legal ...

Australia is "very disappointed" at Tokyo's decision to resume whaling in the Antarctic Ocean, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Friday as he readied for talks with Japanese premier Shinzo Abe. The ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia said Wednesday that Japan has agreed to release two activists being detained going aboard a Japanese whaling ship near Antarctica, as whale hunters and defenders traded ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia said Friday it will challenge Japan's whale hunting in the Antarctic at the International Court of Justice, a major legal escalation in its campaign to ban the ...

ST. HELIER, Jersey (AP) — Australia and Japan sparred verbally Tuesday at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission, after Japan called on Australia to better protect its whaling ships from ...