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You Talkin’ To Me?: Racism sells: The anti-whaling movement and Japan

March 24, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japanese whaling and dolphin hunting has attracted international media attention. The Shepherd Society, headed by founder Paul Watson, has been one of the leaders

Filed Under: Column: You Talkin' to Me? Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Academy Award, American President, Friday Harbor, International Whaling Commission, Jack Metcalfe, Northwest Asian Weekly, Norway, Paul Watson, Ronald Reagan, Sea Shepard Society, Sea Shepherd Society, Sierra Club, United States, Vol 30 No 13 | March 26 - April 1, attention, japan, whaling

U.S. and Japan discussed ‘action’ against anti-whalers

January 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and American officials discussed taking action against a prominent anti-whaling group, with Tokyo insisting that Sea Shepherd’s confrontations

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, Animal Planet, Antarctic Ocean, Antarctica, Fisheries Agency, International Whaling Commission, Katsuhiro Machida, Last January, Monica Medina, Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd, Tokyo, Vol 30 No 2 | January 8 - January 14, Whale Wars, japan

Japan whaling fleet brings home catch below target

April 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japan’s biggest whaling ship returned to Tokyo on Monday bringing home only half its catch target after its expedition to the Antarctic Ocean was disrupted by anti-whaling protesters …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Antarctic Ocean, Fisheries Agency, International Whaling Commission, Peter Bethune, Sea Shepherd, Shonan Maru, Takashi Mori, Tokyo, japan, whaling

Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship

March 16, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japan’s coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for boarding a whaling ship without permission last month, in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Ady Gil, Associated Press Writer Mari Yamaguchi, Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu, International Whaling Commission, Masahiro Ichijo, NHK, New Zealand, Paul Watson, Peter Bethune, Sea Shepherd, Shonan Maru, Tokyo, japan, whaling

Japan says 3 whalers injured by activists

February 18, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SYDNEY (AP) — Three crew members of a Japanese whaling vessel suffered face and eye injuries from acid fired by anti-whaling protesters during their latest clash in the Antarctic Ocean, their Japanese employers said Friday, Feb. 12.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Antarctic Ocean, Glenn Inwood, International Whaling Commission, Japanese Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu, Locky Maclean, Nisshin Maru, Sea Shepherd, Steve Irwin, Vol 29 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

Japan resumes whale meat imports, draws controversy

December 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has bought whale meat from Iceland, the first time in 17 years it has imported the meat, a news agency reported Saturday, Nov. 29.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, IWC, Iceland, International Whaling Commission, Kyodo News, Norway, Sea Shepherd, japan, vol 27 no 50 | December 6 - December 12

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