Japan resumes whaling in Antarctic waters

Japan has confirmed resuming whaling in Antarctic waters after environmental protesters stopped obstructing Japanese whalers there, press reports said yesterday.
The Jiji and Kyodo news agencies, quoting officials at the Japanese Fisheries Agency, reported the resumption of Japan's so-called research whaling.
But Hideaki Okada, an official at the agency's whaling division, told AFP: "We cannot comment whether research whaling has been resumed out of consideration for the safety of the operation."