Japan will go ahead with its annual whale hunt in Antarctica while boosting security to guard against possible harassment by environmental protesters, the agriculture and fisheries minister said Tuesday.
This undated file photo, a handout from the Australian Customs Service, shows a whale (front) and another (submerged, right) being dragged on board a Japanese ship after being harpooned in Antarctic waters. Japan will go ahead with its annual whale hunt in Antarctica while boosting security to guard against possible harassment by environmental protesters, a Japanese minister said Tuesday.
"Japan will conduct the research whaling while strengthening measures against acts of sabotage, including dispatching Fisheries Agency escort ships," said Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano.
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