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Empresas y finanzas

Japan to carry out NW Pacific whale hunt this yr -Agriculture Ministry


    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will carry out its annual Northwest Pacific whaling hunt despite an international court ruling against its whaling program last month, though on a smaller scale, its agriculture ministry said on Friday, a move likely to provoke global anger.

    Tokyo's decades-old and disputed "scientific whaling" program suffered a major blow last month with the International Court of Justice, in a surprise ruling, ordered a halt to its annual hunts in the Southern Ocean.

    The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry also said on Friday that it would pull together a new proposal for its Antarctic whaling by later this year.

    (Reporting by Elaine Lies; Editing by Dominic Lau)