cla68 - If the dolphins aren’t endangered then nothing wrong with hunting them if people are willing to eat them. Blind! It is not the fact they are hunted. It is how they are hunted. These dolphins ...

Yes, JT's agenda is to report on news that would interest JT readers. It's part of a news story about the Taiji dolphin hunt that is very popular on Japan Today and it is important to see that there ...

Director Keiko Yagi talks about the issues surrounding whaling on a visit to Los Angeles, California, for a film festival, on Aug. 18, 2018. (Mainichi) LOS ANGELES -- Ahead of the annual meeting of ...

The practice was made famous in the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove." Dolphin hunting season has commenced in the small village of Taiji, Japan, with a quota to kill more than 1,400 dolphins ...

In this file photo, Hatakejiri Bay, where a temporary police box was set up, is seen in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2015. (Mainichi) TAIJI, Wakayama -- As the start of the annual dolphin ...

The Japanese town made infamous by the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" will open a marine park where visitors can swim with whales and dolphins and also sample the animals as a snack. Government ...

On the harbor road heading east toward Tomyozaki Point, there is a moss-encrusted monument dedicated to an ill-fated whaling expedition in 1878. Facing fierce westerly winds, the fishermen released ...

Tokyo (AFP) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has defended Japan's dolphin hunting and asked the world to understand that the controversial tradition is part of its culture and financially supports fishing ...

TAIJI, Japan - The gala crowd in Los Angeles cheered as "The Cove" won the best documentary Oscar with its grisly portrayal of dolphin hunting. Half a world away, residents of the small Japanese ...

Japanese, just like anybody else, love dolphins. At theme parks, they line up to watch dolphins leap through hoops and do pirouettes in the air. They ride out to sea on tourist boats, applauding as ...

TOKYO -- Dolphin hunting in Japan has come under widespread international criticism. Perhaps ironically, some of the loudest cries of protest are coming from countries, including the U.S., that use ...