Regularly for many years the Press has reported its suspicions that Japan has been "overfishing" for whales in international waters.
The instant reflex reply by Japan has always been that the catches are necessary for research reasons ! Aerial photos of dead and slaughtered Whales on the deck of a fishing vessel have again been published in the Press this week, and this time showing blood everywhere ! Really, has the research already started ?
In international courts Japan pleads that nothing which is illegal has been done. These pleas can only be of a technical nature !
The real question is, has Japan ever issued reports on the results of its research during the last 20 or 30 years ? Has any independent international agency ever recently seen any real evidence of the "Contribution to Science" resulting from Japanese Research ?
Should a country like Australia, in whose waters Japan sometimes fishes for research reasons, not ask UNO to look into this matter with a view to sending a "Fact Finding" team to Japan ?
Should the Benefits of Japanese Research not be made public ?
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