IWC69 Report: What the Results Show Us
2025-02-17
[SPONSORED] The International Whaling Commission strayed further from its original purpose at IWC69. Should it evolve into an NGO instead of an IGO?
IWC69 Report: Nonbinding Resolutions Highlight New and Old Trends
2025-02-17
[SPONSORED] Members submitted nonbinding resolutions at IWC69, revealing a wide divide between anti-whaling nations and the ones supporting sustainable whaling.
IWC69 Report: Catch Quotas and Sanctuary
2025-02-17
[SPONSORED] IWC69 applied the automatic renewal of Indigenous whaling strike limits for the first time. With this option, is there a need for the commission?
IWC69 Report: Main IWC Agenda Items of the Session
2025-02-17
[SPONSORED] From the choice of location to language and the lack of travel support, why did the IWC69 create hurdles for developing country members?
IWC69 Report: Has the International Whaling Commission become a Zombie?
2025-02-17
[SPONSORED] Dr Joji Morishita, Japan’s non-member observer to the IWC, discusses IWC69 and prospects for the whaling commission’s future in a 5-part series.
Whales in the Japanese Landscape: Proud Thieves Seeking the Riches of the Sea
2022-07-06
Japanese whalers of the Edo period made huge fortunes from an ocean resource that belonged to no one. Other groups stole some meat but weren’t punished.
Whales in the Japanese Landscape: A Test of Character, Past and Present
2022-06-16
Practiced in Japan as far back as 4000 BC, and humans are still chasing whales 6,000 years later, largely for a spiritual reward not measured by economics.
Whales in the Japanese Landscape: The Power of the Warrior Spirit
2022-05-25
The whaling economy was preceded by a battle to overcome a giant creature which, more than profits and losses, required a spiritual vitality.
Whales in the Japanese Landscape: A Natural Resource and the Start of Manufacturing
2022-05-18
Whales were resources that swam slowly through the sea. Once brought up onto land, their massive bodies were divided and used until there was nothing left.
Rare Artwork from the Baleen of Whales
2022-03-12
Artwork made from the baleen of whales has been an integral part of the culture of whaling communities in Japan and around the world, and some examples are introduced here.