Japan to Resume Commercial Whaling, Defying International Ban The country says it will stop its annual hunts in the Antarctic — purportedly carried out for research purposes — and restrict its whalers to Japanese waters. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:The Interpreter: Why Uprooting Corruption Has Plunged Brazil Into ChaosDonald Trump, Paris, Wimbledon: Your Friday Evening BriefingWhite House Memo: Dropping the Bluster, Trump Revives Banter With ReportersFrance Remembers the Nice Attack: ‘We Will Never Find the Words’Jean-Jacques Susini, Right-Wing Extremist in Algeria, Dies at 83All the President’s Handshakes