Japan pushes for resumption of whaling

A Southern right whale off Argentina.

A Southern right whale glides in the waters off Argentina. Source: AAP

Australia has voiced its opposition to Japan's plan to end a decades-old ban on commercial whaling. An international conference on the practice has opened in Brazil, with the Asian nation arguing there's no longer a scientific reason to maintain the moratorium.



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