davidattokyo said...

davidattokyo at 01:09 PM JST - 9th January

Aussieooo,

Your explanation for the moratorium (not "ban") is off the mark. Go read the IWC homepage if you really care about the history.

almost bringing the whale population to extinction.

There is more than a single "whale population"...

After the ban, most nations abided by the zero…

Posted in Australia to allow anti-whaling ship to dock at 01:09 PM JST - 9th January
davidattokyo at 07:42 PM JST - 8th January

JapanHusker, Japan's programmes produce heaps of data that is used in studies by Japanese and non-Japanese scientists alike. Just because you don't know or don't care to find out these facts does not mean there is a "grand facade". You're just lazy or ignorant.

Posted in Australia to allow anti-whaling ship to dock at 07:42 PM JST - 8th January
davidattokyo at 07:39 PM JST - 8th January

4,000 tons? That's nothing. Japan has loads more than that stockpiled.

Posted in Y9.6 mil tuna shared by Japanese, Chinese sushi restaurant owners at 07:39 PM JST - 8th January
davidattokyo at 03:16 PM JST - 8th January

Japan's protest is related to the dangerous activities of a ship on the high seas. Whaling is a separate issue.

Posted in Australia to allow anti-whaling ship to dock at 03:16 PM JST - 8th January
davidattokyo at 03:15 PM JST - 8th January

Well the IWC "urged Contracting Governments to take actions, in accordance with relevant rules of international law and respective national laws and regulations, to cooperate to prevent and suppress actions that risk human life and property at sea and with respect to alleged offenders", e.g. Sea Shepherd.

They've already given…

Posted in Australia to allow anti-whaling ship to dock at 03:15 PM JST - 8th January
davidattokyo at 03:02 PM JST - 8th January

Here's what Australia (agreed to but) will be ignoring if it lets SS refit and head back out:

STATEMENT ON SAFETY AT SEA

The Meeting recalled Commission resolution 2007-2 entitled “Resolution on Safety at Sea and Protection of the Environment” as well as resolution 2006-2 entitled “Resolution on the Safety…

Posted in Australia to allow anti-whaling ship to dock at 03:02 PM JST - 8th January
davidattokyo at 02:49 PM JST - 8th January

Who cares whether they can dock or not. Whether they get to leave again is a different issue.

Posted in Australia to allow anti-whaling ship to dock at 02:49 PM JST - 8th January
davidattokyo at 06:53 PM JST - 7th January

notimpressed,

Antarctic territory claims are frozen under the Antarctic treaty system.

Japan does have permission to conduct it's activities in the Antarctic, see ICRW Article VIII.

but rather there is no solid law yet to ban them from such activities, so they just do it out of spite and…

Posted in Japan wants anti-whalers barred from Australian, NZ and Chile ports at 06:53 PM JST - 7th January
davidattokyo at 06:37 PM JST - 7th January

zurcronium,

Baleen whales contain very little mercury, especially those that feed in the Antarctic.

Whaling has cross-party support in Japan. It's not just the LDP that back it. And the research isn't "fake". They are quite serious, as are the foreign scientists who are also requesting and obtaining access to…

Posted in Japan wants anti-whalers barred from Australian, NZ and Chile ports at 06:37 PM JST - 7th January
davidattokyo at 12:53 PM JST - 7th January

Who is gullible enough to believe that SS was trying to help find the dead sailor when they approached the Japanese vessel in the dark with all their lights turned out?

They were trying to place a bug on the Japanese vessel so that they can find the fleet again…

Posted in Whalers refuse help from Sea Shepherd to search for lost sailor at 12:53 PM JST - 7th January