Tag: Japan

With Japan and South Korea in the middle of a feud, East Asia is on the verge of a serious unraveling.

74 years ago by the United States dropped the only two atomic bombs exploded in war on cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki....

"We see the resumption of Japan's commercial whaling as merely a continuation of the Japanese Government's blatant disregard of international laws and treaties."

A new documentary film has been released that shines a spotlight on the illegal trade in the Asian small-clawed otter, a species listed as vulnerable and in decline by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

It’s essential for us to remember such grim details, not just for the sake of history, but for our future.

Please help us to tell Japan to rejoin the IWC and cease commercial whaling for good.

“Their decision to withdraw is regrettable and Australia urges Japan to return to the Convention and Commission as a matter of priority.”

Native American tribes sue Trump over Keystone XL. Japan aims to overthrow whaling ban, and more.

In 1954, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing 74,000 people and forever changing the lives of those who survived the nuclear attack.

In remembrance, we turn to the words of a Hiroshima survivor, or hibakusha.