Japan Resumes Disputed Whale Research Program
Associated Press
TOKYO —
Defying international appeals, Japan launched the fourth season of its controversial research whaling program Saturday with plans to kill up to 330 whales.
Environmentalists charge the program is a cover for continued commercial whaling.
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