Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a move that has shocked conservationists, Japan has announced plans to allow the hunting of endangered fin whales. Japan has ...

STORY: Japan is to start hunting fin whales, in a move certain to face strong opposition from environmentalists. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday said the species would be added ...

Fin whales are some of the largest whales in the ocean. These massive whales were among the most popular targets for whalers up until the last century, when fin whales were listed as an endangered ...

Hong Kong/Tokyo (CNN) — Wearing a toy whale hat, whale tie and a whale motif shirt, Hideki Tokoro spends much of his days thinking about the world’s largest mammals. But he doesn’t want to protect ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday, five years after leaving an international body ...