Built at a cost of US$ 47 million, the 9,300-ton Kangei Maru has a slipway to haul up to 70- ton fin whales, and can store up to 600 tons of meat. Japan has launched a brand new whaling fleet ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The aging Nisshin Maru, a relic of Japan’s whaling tradition ... hands in welcome and cheered loudly as the ship returned to its home port here for the ...

The vessel will replace Japan's only existing mother ship, the 30-year-old Nisshin Maru, and comes with a vast array of technological upgrades, as well as extra work and storage space. The "mother ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Japan’s new whaling ... company that owns the ship, during the ship’s departure ceremony. He said the construction of the Kangei Maru means that offshore ...

In September 1922, the captain of the Japanese merchant ship Tokei Maru, saved the lives of 825 people, women, children and men, Greeks and Armenians, from the wrath of the Turks at the time of ...