TOKYO (Reuters) - Court hearings began to stop dolphin hunting in a Japanese village on Friday, with plaintiffs saying the grisly annual hunts, made famous in an Oscar-winning documentary, violate ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Cove," which chronicles the grisly business of dolphin hunting in Japan, on Sunday won the Oscar for best feature documentary. The triumph of "The Cove," among the best ...

This year's dolphin-hunting season kicked off Tuesday in the western Japan whaling town of Taiji, using a traditional "drive-hunting" method that animal-rights groups at home and abroad have labeled ...