Great Whale Genetics Surveys Reveal Changes in Distribution and Abundance
2025-09-03
Japan’s research in the Antarctic reveals that, as great whale populations rebound, distributions and the balance among species are shifting again.
Antarctic Whales: Insights from Decades of Research
2025-08-13
Japan’s long-term surveys of whales in the Antarctic Ocean have deepened understanding of the region’s whale populations. What scientists learned.
Endangered Gray Whale Bones Unearthed as Students and Researchers Take On Super Science Project
2023-02-17
Japanese students learn about the ocean in a project helping university researchers to recover the bones of an endangered gray whale in Chiba that died in 2016.
Revisiting the Roots of the Whaling Issue: The Relationship Between Humans and Nature
2022-09-21
In practice the IWC has already abandoned the management of whale resources and whaling, and the Western worldview caused this situation.
Revisiting the Roots of the Whaling Issue: Sustainable Use, Environmental Protection
2022-09-21
Not the whaling moratorium, but the defense and promotion of the general principle of sustainable use is the important policy issue for many countries.
INTERVIEW | Hidehiro Kato: Battle for Science, Sustainability over Politics in the IWC
2022-09-04
Part 2 of 2 Read Part 1: INTERVIEW | Hidehiro Kato on Optimism for the Future of Whales In October 2022, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will hold a meeting in Slovenia. This is the second of two articles based on a conversation with Dr Hidehiro Kato, one of Japan’sContinue Reading