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Japan: China backing effort to block tuna ban

March 17, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japan said Tuesday that China supports its opposition to a proposed ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, a fish prized in sushi.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Australia, CITES, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu, Japan China, Japanese Agriculture, NHK, Qatar, Qin Gang, South Korea, japan

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

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