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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
ese-registered
whale catcher
A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales.
Terminology
The term ''whaler'' is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, J ...
that undertakes
whaling
Whaling is the process of hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that became increasingly important in the Industrial Revolution.
It was practiced as an organized industry ...
operations in the
North Pacific Ocean
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.
Etymology
The word ''north'' is ...
and
Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. With a size of , it is regarded as the second-small ...
. Along with other vessels of the Japanese whaling fleet she has been featured on
American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
television, in the
documentary-style reality series ''
Whale Wars
''Whale Wars'' is a weekly American Reality television#Documentary-style, documentary-style reality television series that premiered on November 7, 2008 on the Animal Planet cable channel. The program followed Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shep ...
''.
''Yūshin Maru No. 3'' was built in 2007 and replaced the ''Kyo Maru No. 1'', which was later preserved as a museum ship in Taiji, Japan.
File:AustralianCustoms-WhalingInTheSouthernOcean 2.jpg, Sister ship ''Yūshin Maru'' with a Whale
File:AustralianCustoms-WhalingInTheSouthernOcean 3.jpg, Sister ship ''Yūshin Maru'' with a Whale
See also
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Whaling in Japan
Japanese whaling, in terms of active hunting of whales, is estimated by the Japan Whaling Association to have begun around the 12th century. However, Japanese whaling on an industrial scale began around the 1890s when Japan started to participate ...
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Institute of Cetacean Research
The is a Japanese entity that claims to be a research organization specializing in the "biological and social sciences related to whales".
In the past, it killing several hundred whales per year in the name of its 'research', the validity and ...
References
Whaling ships
Whaling in Japan
2007 ships
Ships built in Japan
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