Japan has announced it will continue its mission in the Southern Ocean, in defiance of last year’s ruling at the International Court of Justice that its so-called scientific program should be halted.
The fleet will depart today, planning to hunt for hundreds of Minke whales.
Conservation group Sea Shepherd says Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull should bring up the fact that Australia is potentially set to order a fleet of Japanese submarines as he puts pressure on Tokyo to stop the whaling.
