Basic Information

1. How to contact Japanese Delegation Spokespersons(PDF file)

1. How to contact Japanese Delegation Spokespersons(Word file)

2. Opening statement of Japanese Commissioner to IWC(PDF file)

2. Opening statement of Japanese Commissioner to IWC(Word file)

3. The Government of Japan’s Position for the 57th IWC Meeting(PDF file)

3. The Government of Japan’s Position for the 57th IWC Meeting(Word file)

4. Japan’s Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic (JARPA)(PDF file)

5. Japan’s Whale Research Program in the Western North Pacific (JARPN II)(PDF file)

6. Japanese Small-Type Coastal Whaling(PDF file) Media brief

7. IWC 57 BRIEFING NOTE & IWC WHALE POPULATION ESTIMATES(PDF file)

7. IWC 57 BRIEFING NOTE & IWC WHALE POPULATION ESTIMATES(Word file)

7. IWC57ブリーフィング資料およびIWCによる鯨類資源量(PDF file)

7. IWC57ブリーフィング資料およびIWCによる鯨類資源量(Word file)

8. Whales as food and Japanese culture(PDF file)

8. Whales as food and Japanese culture(Word file)

9. Comparison between the amount of fish harvested by humans and consumed by cetaceans in the world(PDF file)

9. Comparison between the amount of fish harvested by humans and consumed by cetaceans in the world(Word file) Media Release

・June 20, 2005 JAPAN WELCOMES REPORT OF THE IWC SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE(PDF file)

・June 20, 2005 JAPAN WELCOMES REPORT OF THE IWC SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE(Word file) Links & Downloads

Whaling Section, Fisheries Agency of Japan

The Institute of Cetacean Research

Japan Whaling Association

IWC - International Whaling Commission

IWC57 Ulsan Meeting Highlights ? Video & Photo Report

High North Alliance Media Kit

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