Japan has said it intends to allow the hunting of endangered fin whales, some of the largest whales in the ocean. This decision comes as the country opens more and more vending machines selling whale ...

It can be easy to criticize a tradition from outside one’s own culture. Japan does indeed have a long history of whaling, dating back hundreds, even thousands of years. The practice built towns, fed ...

Hong Kong/Tokyo (CNN) — Wearing a toy whale hat, whale tie and a whale motif shirt, Hideki Tokoro spends much of his days thinking about the world’s largest mammals. But he doesn’t want to protect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission Joji Morishita speaks during a news conference in Tokyo December 7, ...