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SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Jan 16, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- Officials in Japan and Australia are working to resolve a row over two protesters detained on a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean. Japanese crewmen took the protesters, from the radical Sea Shepherd group, into custody on Tuesday after they.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Jan 9, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- An Australian patrol ship tasked with monitoring Japan's whaling fleet has departed from the western city of Perth for waters off Antarctica. The Oceanic Viking, a customs vessel, left Stirling Naval Base on Tuesday night on a 20-day surveillance missi.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Sun Jun 10, 2007 @ 10:02am neoform

BBC News -- Japan's long-term strategy to see a re-introduction of commercial whale hunting has suffered another rebuff. Its motion asking the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to review whale stocks was defeated. Approval for the.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Icelandic and Norwegian companies have begun exporting whalemeat to Japan. About 60 tonnes of meat from fin whales caught in the 2006 Icelandic hunt was reportedly sent with a much smaller amount of minke meat from Norway. Industry sources told the.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Officials in Tokyo are to investigate claims that shipping crews stole a tonne of meat from Japan's whale hunt. Documents seen by the BBC confirm that public prosecutors will examine corruption allegations lodged by the environmental group Greenpeace... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Mar 11, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- The shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven blasted off Tuesday on what was to be the longest space station mission ever, a 16-day voyage to build a gangly robot and add a new room that will serve as a closet for Japan’s future lab. The space shuttle.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Mar 4, 2008 @ 8:25am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Mar 3, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- Japan's whaling fleet in the waters off Antarctica has been attacked again by protesters, Tokyo officials have said. Activists from the Sea Shepherd group threw containers filled with a mild form of acid made from rotten butter at a Japanese ship. T.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jan 15, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- An Australian court has ruled that the activities of the Japanese whaling fleet are illegal and ordered it to halt its operations. The Federal Court said Japan had broken domestic law by killing whales in Australian waters off Antarctica. It is not.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 8:52am neoform

BBC News -- Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has opened what it says is the world's tallest elevator testing tower. The 173m-high (567ft) structure is called Solae and dominates the skyline of Inazawa City. The company says it will use the tower to condu.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Dec 19, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Australia will send a patrol ship and aircraft to monitor Japan's whaling fleet off Antarctica, the government in Canberra has said. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said the vessels would collect evidence to assess whether legal action could be taken ag.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue May 29, 2007 @ 10:38am neoform

BBC News -- Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has said the world should halve emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. It is the first time Japan has set a firm target to replace the present Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012. The plan is believed to be less.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 5:49pm neoform

BBC News -- Japan has hinted at significant compromise at the opening of the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Alaska. Deputy whaling commissioner Joji Morishita said Japan would consider abandoning proposals to hunt humpback whales i.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 12:56pm neoform

BBC News -- Japan's main whaling ship has arrived back in port after an Antarctic hunt hit by setbacks including a fatal fire. Despite being forced to end the hunting season early, the crew still killed 508 whales out of a target of 860. The annual hunt always.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Feb 8, 2007 @ 3:44pm neoform

New York Times -- The price of exploring inner space went up today. At a news conference in Beijing an international consortium of physicists released the first detailed design of what they believe will be the Next Big Thing in physics: a machine 20 miles long that will.. Read More