Partial rethinking of Japan in its choice to continue whaling despite protests rained down on Tokyo by governments across the world. From now on, Japan's whaling fleet currently working in Antarctica will not kill more humpback whales, a species considered endangered, but without renouncing to pursue the goal of capturing a total of about a thousand copies by the beginning of 2008 . A
to announce the stop, stating that last one or two years, was a spokesman for the Japanese government. The decision follows the decision to send Australian coast guard units to patrol the Antarctic waters to hunt for evidence to be used in a trial against Japan before the International Justice.
"Our choice would have the effect of improving relations with Australia - said the spokesman of the Japanese government - but it depends on how it is accepted. The Australians give a name to each humpback whale, for which experience feelings of great affection, something that I can not understand, but in Australia is a truly national sentiment. "
shares originally set by Japan for whaling (which Tokyo insists on defining "scientific mission") involved the killing of fifty copies of humpback whales. In Japan, whale meat is considered a delicacy.
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