Japan is looking for new supporters of its pro-whaling stance ahead of a major meeting on the future of the International Whaling Commission (IWC).A one-day seminar on Monday brought delegates from 12 developing countries, most of them not IWC members, to Tokyo to discuss "sustainable use" of whales.
An official told the BBC that Japan hoped these nations would join the IWC.
On Thursday, the IWC begins a three-day meeting in London aiming to plot a new course for the fractured organisation.
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