The International Court of justice has ruled japans well again be aunt arctic ocean is not for scientific purposes defined under an international convention. A panel of judges ruled the current whaling program cannot operate in its present format. The Australian Government to drop the case to the court in the hague to stop japans research whaling in the end product four years ago. Australian lawyers have argued that hundreds of whales are caught each year for commercial purposes. They see the meat is often sold in markets across japan. Their Japanese Counterparts and have argued that the number is needed for research and selling any extra meat is permitted under the convention. The ruling says japans wheeling can probably be characterized as Scientific Research the judges found the evidence shown does not establish the programs design is unreasonable to achieve its objectives japanese representative coaching tool chest as he is deeply disappointed. Woods however. And he will abide by t
Practice for research purposes. The country has been hunting whales in the Antarctic Ocean for nearly three decades. A judge is still giving his ruling in the netherlands. Well have more updates on this developing story as we get them. World scientists have issued a stark warning on Climate Change. They say Global Warming poses a threat to world food stocks and Human Security after concluding a conference in yokohama, japan. Nhk worlds kurando tago has more. Reporter United Nations Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change or ipcc finished a closed meeting. It addressed the impact of Climate Change on both people and the planet. More than 300 leading scientists from around the world have contributed to the 2600 page report, the first update in seven years. It concludes that Climate Change is already having an effect, and poses risk to human and natural systems. On all continents, and across the ocean. Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of Climate Change. Rep
From a country where coffee has long been king. Delegates from japan and north korea are preparing to hold talks about a decades old issue. Theyre meting in beijing to discuss the northeast past abductions of japanese nationals as planned, even after pyongyang on sunday launched ballistic mist siels towards the sea of japan. Nhk worlds takafumi terui reports. Reporter the north korean delegates were reported in beijing by a sea of reporters. They addressed members of the media but stayed tight lipped about the talks. Translator well let you know the specific details of our discussions when they are finished. Reporter and the japanese delegation departed from tokyo. They want to hear their counterparts explain a special investigative panel. Its members will look into the fates of japanese nationals abducted by north korean agents in the 1970s and 80s as well as other missing japanese. But just two days before the scheduled talks, pyongyang made a provocative move. Two shortrange Ballist
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A large scale military drill to prepare for a threat in the asia pa a sific. Voters are in scotland are heading to the polls to decide whether to leave the united kingdom. Theyve begun to cast their ballots. Recent polls suggest its a close race. 48 of decided voters support independence, 52 do not. 10 are undecided. Voters are deciding whether scotland should be an independent country. Theyll answer with yes or no. Scotlands future will be decided by majority. If yes, scots will mark the Independence Day march 24, 2016. Market players are closely watching the referendum. If people vote for independence, british pound and shares are expected to drop. It could affect Financial Markets around the globe. Australian police have detain add 15 people in an antiterrorism raid. Abbott says the group was planning demonstration killings in the country. Authorities searched 30 locations in sydney thursday. Some of the men detained had plotted to kidnap and kill a random member of the public. The