Despite an International Court of Justice order to stop whaling, Japan has publicly promised to continue its controversial Antarctic whale hunt. In March the court ordered Japan to end its more than 20-year-old “scientific whaling” program in the Southern Ocean. The order forced Japan to abandon its Antarctic hunt for this year, but the country is now using the ICJ ruling as fodder for re-establishing the program with new rules.
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