Japan's prime minister says he will work towards restarting commercial whaling, despite a top UN court's order that Tokyo must stop killing whales in the Antarctic.
Shinzo Abe's comments put him firmly on a collision course with anti-whaling groups, who had hoped the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) would herald the beginning of the end for the mammal hunt. Read more at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-10/japanese-pm-to-push-for-return-to-commercial-whaling/5511110