94 Japan may suggest smaller whale catch after ICJ blow
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan could try to rescue its Antarctic whaling program by sharply reducing catch quotas after the highest U.N. court ordered a halt, rejecting Tokyo’s argument that the catch was for scientific purposes and not mainly for human consumption. The judgment by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was a blow to Japan’s decades-old “scientific whaling” program, although Tokyo, which said it would abide by […]