Scott Morrison urged to raise Australia`s opposition to whaling with Japanese PM
(The Guardian Japan)

Japanese fleet has departed for the southern ocean for a `scientific´ hunt, ignoring pleas for the practice to endPrime minister Scott Morrison is being urged to personally raise Australia´s opposition to Japan´s unjustified `scientific` whaling program during talks with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.Abe today becomes the first Japanese leader to visit Darwin since Japan´s deadly 1942 bombing of the city. The visit comes just days after the Japanese whaling fleet departed for the southern ocean for a `scientific` hunt that could see as many as 333 minke whales killed. Related: Whaling vote: Australia tells Japan it has lost argument for killings Related: Australia to oppose Japan`s push to reintroduce commercial whaling Continue reading...