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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/2/19
Hey, fuck you Japan!
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Last year alone, Japan killed 333 minke whales in the Southern Ocean in the name of science.
Exiting the IWC and giving up that Southern Ocean whaling program was a "stupid" decision according to Japan's former chief IWC negotiator Masayuki Komatsu.
"We should go because it's a common property of the ocean," Mr Komatsu said.
"The more Australia claims that it is their own territory and their own oceans, the more that Japan [should keep going] because Australia is a minority.
"Japan and the US and other nations — China and Russia — we are a majority," he said.
Hardly anyone eats whale in Japan anymore. So why are they hunting them?
Japanese ships have set sail for their first commercial whale hunt in 30 years. The problem? Japan's diners have lost their taste for whale meat. So why does the country persist?
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7/21/19
Japan's worst mass killing since 2001 claims at least 33 in an arson attack on Kyoto anime studio
Police have taken into custody a man who allegedly shouted Die! as he poured what appeared to be petrol around the studio in the suspected arson attack.
Read more from ABC NewsFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/21/19
'I did it': Japan arson suspect reportedly alleges anime studio plagiarised his work
Police are yet to question the 41-year-old man suspected of starting a fire at Kyoto Animation's studio that killed 33 people, with another 10 still in a critical condition.
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7/22/19
Japan's voters shun election, delivering PM Shinzo Abe the opportunity he craves
The Japanese Prime Minister Abe welcomes his coalition bloc securing a majority in Upper House elections, edging towards his dream of changing the country's pacifist constitution.
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9/16/19
Nervous about the US and China? Here's another sour dispute that could shake our region
While we've all been focused on the escalating tension between the US and China, another economic spat has been bubbling away.
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9/20/19
Former Fukushima bosses cleared of negligence over deadly disaster
Victims of one of the world's worst nuclear crisis are left disappointed after a court in Tokyo ruled former Fukushima bosses were not guilty of negligence.
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9/23/19
Perhaps the coast was not the best choice of location for a nuclear reactor, however...
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
10/13/19
Earthquake shakes Tokyo as Typhoon Hagibis lashes east coast of Japan
Seven people are dead and 15 are missing after Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on Japan's main island of Honshu, with a magnitude-5.7 quake increasing already landslide-prone conditions.
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10/13/19
Typhoon death toll hits seven after landslides bury homes, rivers break banks
Helicopter crews pluck people from their flooded homes as rescue efforts reach full force in parts of Japan after a powerful typhoon unleashed heavy rainfall, leaving at least seven people dead and 15 missing.
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