Kushiro

Hokkaido

Blue Lotus (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

In September Hideaki and I were invited back to Kushiro, Hokkaido to visit his brother Hidetoshi. We had really wanted...

Food

Blue Lotus (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

As a companion to my recent catch-up post, here is a post all about what I've bee eating since my blogging semi-hiatus. We start all the way back in May, just after our trip to Kushiro to visit Hideaki's brother. I had returned to Tokyo first for work reasons, and he came back a few days later he was loaded down with souvenirs from his brother, all of them edible. So we ate like royalty for...

25 rolls of sod stolen from Hokkaido farm

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido (Kyodo) Twenty-five rolls of sod, each weighing as much as 500 kg, were stolen from a grass farm in Bekkaicho, eastern Hokkaido, police said Wednesday. The rolls, each measuring 1.5 meters in diameter and 1.2 meters wide, had been wrapped with vinyl sheets and were to be used as cattle feed.

New limited supply titles in bookstore

japan exposures (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009

... In Hokkaido This new publication produced to coincide with Michael Kenna’s exhibition at the Kushiro Art Museum in Hokkaido brings together 50 photographs of Michael Kenna’s growing body of work produced in Hokkaido over the last 7 years, including several photos taken earlier this year. Afterword by Daido Moriyama (available in English). This was published in August in a print run of 1,200...

Japan Slaughters 59 Whales, Just One Short Of Maximum Allowed

Green Options (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009

Japan’s annual whaling expedition off the port city of Kushiro has resulted in the killing of 59 minke whales - just one whale short of the 60 allowed by international guidelines. Under the cover of its so-called research program, Japan has slaughtered 59 minke whales - almost the maximum of 60 authorized by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Read more of this story »

• Japan catches 59 whales off northern island - San Diego Union
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Japan catches 59 whales

IOL (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009

Japan says it has caught 59 whales during the 12-day expedition off the port city of Kushiro.

Japan catches 59 whales off northern island

Sify (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009

Japan said Monday it has caught 59 whales — one short of the maximum allowed by international guidelines — under a research program that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling.The annual expedition off the port city of Kushiro ended over the weekend after harvesting 59 minke whales, the Fisheries Agency said in a statement. A maximum of 60 is allowed under the research program authorized...

Japan catches 59 whales off northern island

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009

Last updated October 19, 2009 6:43 a.m. PTJapan catches 59 whales off northern islandTOKYO -- Japan said Monday it has caught 59 whales - one short of the maximum allowed by international guidelines - under a research program that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling.The annual expedition off the port city of Kushiro ended over the weekend after harvesting 59 minke whales, the Fisheries...

Japan catches 59 whales off northern island

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009

Japan catches 59 whales off northern islandTOKYO -- Japan said Monday it has caught 59 whales - one short of the maximum allowed by international guidelines - under a research program that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling.The annual expedition off the port city of Kushiro ended over the weekend after harvesting 59 minke whales, the Fisheries Agency said in a statement. A maximum...

Japan catches 59 whales off northern island

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009

TOKYO—Japan said Monday it has caught 59 whales -- one short of the maximum allowed by international guidelines -- under a research program that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling.The annual expedition off the port city of Kushiro ended over the weekend after harvesting 59 minke whales, the Fisheries Agency said in a statement. A maximum of 60 is allowed under the research program...

Japan catches 59 whales off northern island

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009

Japan catches 59 whales off northern islandJapan said Monday it has caught 59 whales - one short of the maximum allowed by international guidelines - under a research program that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling.The annual expedition off the port city of Kushiro ended over the weekend after harvesting 59 minke whales, the Fisheries Agency said in a statement. A maximum of 60 is...

Japan catches 59 whales off northern island

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009

TOKYO — Japan said Monday it has caught 59 whales - one short of the maximum allowed by international guidelines - under a research program that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling.The annual expedition off the port city of Kushiro ended over the weekend after harvesting 59 minke whales, the Fisheries Agency said in a statement. A maximum of 60 is allowed under the research program...

Japan catches 59 whales off northern island

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009

... that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling. The annual expedition off the port city of Kushiro ended over the weekend after harvesting 59 minke whales, the Fisheries Agency said in a statement. A maximum of 60 is allowed under the research program authorized by the International Whaling Commission. Japan and other pro-whaling nations have been pushing for the IWC to revoke the 1986...

Japan catches 59 whales off Hokkaido

Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009

TOKYO — Japan has caught 59 whales off the coast of the northern island of Hokkaido, officials said Monday, under a research program that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling. The annual expedition off the port city of Kushiro ended over the weekend after harvesting 59 minke whales, the Fisheries Agency said in a statement. The catch was one whale short of the maximum 60 allowed under...

Japan expedition nets 59 whales

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009

Japan expedition nets 59 whalesJAPAN yesterday said it had caught 59 whales – one short of the maximum allowed by international guidelines – under a research programme that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling.The annual expedition off Kushiro ended with the harvesting of 59 minke whales.The full article contains 48 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.19 October 2009 9:25 PM...

• Japan catches 59 whales off northern island - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Japan catches 59 whales off northern island - San Diego Union
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