AUSTRALIA has won an international lawsuit against Japan’s whaling program in the Southern Ocean, but Tokyo appears set to continue with its hunt in the North Pacific.
The International Court of Justice has backed Australia’s landmark case and demanded Japan stop its whaling program in the Antarctic “with immediate effect”.
But the country’s hunt in the North Pacific wasn’t part of the case, meaning it will be allowed to continue.
And Nori Shikata, a spokesman for the Japanese Delegation at The Hague, has suggested it will.
“Our program in the Northern Pacific is outside the scope of the proceedings before the courts and so they are two separate programs and this ruling is about the program in the Antarctic,” Mr Shikata told ABC Radio.
“What we have been saying today is that as far as the judgement of the court is concerned we will abide by it.”
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The International Court of Justice has backed Australia’s landmark case and demanded Japan stop its whaling program in the Antarctic “with immediate effect”.
But the country’s hunt in the North Pacific wasn’t part of the case, meaning it will be allowed to continue.
And Nori Shikata, a spokesman for the Japanese Delegation at The Hague, has suggested it will.
“Our program in the Northern Pacific is outside the scope of the proceedings before the courts and so they are two separate programs and this ruling is about the program in the Antarctic,” Mr Shikata told ABC Radio.
“What we have been saying today is that as far as the judgement of the court is concerned we will abide by it.”
more at.......
http://www.news.com.au/national/aus...pan-in-the-hague/story-fncynjr2-1226870210553
