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Problem:Japan to resume 'research' whaling in Antarctic, move to conflict with ruling by International Court of Justice 
  
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 Japan has decided to resume whaling in the Antarctic Ocean by the end of March after a hiatus since last year, a move likely to prompt international outrage. 
  
 The International Court of Justice (ICJ) last year ruled that Japan's decades-old whale hunt in the Antarctic should stop, prompting Tokyo to cancel the bulk of its whaling in the 2014-2015 season. 
  
 But the Japanese Fisheries Agency has now notified the International Whaling Commission (IWC) that it will resume whaling in the 2015-2016 season under a revised plan. 
  
 The plan, which calls for cutting annual minke whale catches by two-thirds to 333, is "scientifically reasonable", the agency said in a document filed with the IWC. 
  
 Japanese media said whalers were expected to depart for the ocean possibly by the end of December. 
  
 There was no immediate comment from the IWC or the ICJ. 
  
 Environment Minister Greg Hunt said Japan had previously said it would abide by the ruling, and added that there is no need to kill whales in the name of research. 
  
 Japan began what it calls scientific whaling in 1987, a year after an international whaling moratorium took effect. 
  
 It hunts the whales under an exemption in the moratorium that allows for lethal research. 
  
 Japan makes no secret of the fact that meat from the mammals - killed ostensibly for research - is processed into food, and says the whale population in any case is big enough to allow sustainable whaling. 
  
 It accuses opponents of being emotional about whales and disregarding what it says is evidence to support its position. 
  
 Japan killed 251 minke whales in the Antarctic in the 2013-14 season and 103 the previous year, far below its target because of direct action by activist group Sea Shepherd. 
  
 Reuters/AFP 
  
 Topics: environment, conservation, whaling, mammals---whales, japan 
  
 First posted ||||| Image copyright AFP Image caption Japan says it will catch only a third of the minke whales it caught under its previous programme - 333 instead of 1,000 
  
 Japan has announced it will resume whaling in the Antarctic early next year after a break of more than a year. 
  
 The decision comes despite an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that Japan cease all whaling. 
  
 The Japanese government says it has taken into account the court ruling and its "scientific" whaling programme will be much smaller. 
  
 But the announcement has been condemned by environmental groups and the Australian and UK governments. 
  
 "We do not accept in any way, shape or form the concept of killing whales for so-called 'scientific research'," said Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt. 
  
 "We are deeply disappointed with Japan's decision to restart whaling in the Southern Ocean," said the UK environment ministry, Defra. "This undermines the global ban on commercial whaling which the UK strongly supports." 
  
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 Japan's whaling fleet could set sail again within weeks and head for the Southern Ocean, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield Hayes in Tokyo. 
  
 Under Japan's revised plan, it will reduce the number of minke whales caught each year by two thirds to 333. 
  
 The Japanese authorities believe their plan is scientifically reasonable but it is unlikely to placate opponents, in particular the Australian government. 
  
 "Japan cannot unilaterally decide whether it has adequately addressed" scientists' questions, Mr Hunt was quoted as saying. 
  
 Image copyright AFP Image caption This is the latest move in a years-long struggle pitting Japan against other governments, activists and the international court 
  
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Japan makes no secret of the fact that the meat resulting from its so-called scientific whaling programme ends up on the plate 
  
 'Sentimental' critics 
  
 In 2014 Australia won a case against Japan in the international court of justice in the Netherlands. 
  
 The court ruled that Japan's "scientific" whaling program was not scientific at all - and ordered Tokyo to recall its fleet. 
  
 Crucially, the ruling stated that it did not believe it was necessary for Japan to kill whales in order to study them, our correspondent says. 
  
 Japan started its whaling programme in 1987, a year after an international moratorium was enacted. 
  
 It accuses critics of being sentimental about whales and disregarding scientific evidence about the sustainability of whaling. 
  
 The ICJ says Japan has caught some 3,600 minke whales since its current programme began in 2005. ||||| Japan should toe the line and hold off on resuming whaling in the Antarctic until the International Whaling Commission looks at it, New Zealand says. 
  
 Japan wants to resume whaling in the Antarctic Ocean by the end of March. 
  
 Tokyo cancelled the bulk of its whaling for the 2014-15 season following a ruling from the International Court of Justice. 
  
 But the Japanese Fisheries Agency has notified the International Whaling Commission that Japan will resume whaling in the 2015-16 season under a revised plan. 
  
 The plan, which calls for cutting annual minke whale catches by two-thirds to 333, is scientifically reasonable, the agency said in a document filed with the commission. 
  
 New Zealand's Acting Foreign Minister Todd McClay says the decision is disappointing and Japan should heed the court's decision and international scientific evidence. 
  
 The whaling commission's expert panel was very clear this year that Japan had not made the case for lethal research, Mr McClay said. 
  
 "New Zealand's long-standing and fundamental opposition to this practice remains unchanged," Mr McClay said. 
  
 "It is clear that Japan's research objectives can be met using non-lethal means. 
  
 "We call on Japan to heed the expert panel's advice and postpone any whaling this season. Our strong view is that Japan should at least afford the International Whaling Commission the opportunity to consider the proposal in 2016." 
  
 Japan began what it calls scientific whaling in 1987, a year after an international whaling moratorium took effect. 
  
 Japan has long maintained that most whale species are not endangered and that eating whale is part of its food culture. 
  
 Last year, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe during his visit to Auckland that Kiwis want to see the end of whaling. 
  
 Mr Key at the time would not rule out getting the Navy involved if Japan breaches the court's ruling. 
  
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Solution:
Japan's whale meat restaurants are set to get fresh supplies with the resumption of what the country's government insists is scientific whaling. The country has decided to buck last year's International Court of Justice ruling and send its whalers back to sea under a revised plan. Under the plan submitted to the International Whaling Commission on Friday, Japan say the "scientifically reasonable" program will catch 333 minke whales in the Antarctic Ocean during the 2015-16 season, a two-thirds drop from the usual target of 1,000 reports Reuters. Japan says the new plan takes the United Nations court's concerns about the program into account. In its ruling, the ICJ said the former program, which allowed Japan to get around a ban on commercial whaling, was "not driven by scientific considerations." The court decided that scientists did not need to kill the whales in order to study them, reports the BBC, which notes that Japan doesn't hide the fact that the meat from the whales is eaten. When the program resumes, which could be before the end of this year, Australia is expected to strongly protest, as is New Zealand, where Prime Minister John Key warned last year that the country's navy might get involved if Japan decides to defy the ban, 3 News reports. (Scientists from other nations determined that what little scientific research is conducted on the whales is mostly useless and often very strange.)