The Japanese government breached a series of internationally guaranteed human rights by detaining two Greenpeace activists who had uncovered major corruption in the Japanese whaling program, according to a working group of the United Nations...

The Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin-maru today rammed the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise while making an illegal overtaking maneuver in the remote Southern Ocean around Antarctica. While no one was injured by the ramming, it signals an escalation...

Greenpeace today condemns Japan's latest act of defiance of the International Whaling Commission, its allies, and world opinion. Greenpeace calls on the U.S. government to begin the process of certifying Japan under the Pelly Amendment to the...

A 110-foot inflatable whale placed in Dupont Circle formed the centerpiece of a Greenpeace protest today against Japan's expanded whale hunt, currently taking place in the North Pacific. The environmental organization is calling on the Clinton...

Japan's expanded illegal whale hunt is the focus today of Greenpeace protests in 19 countries around the world, from Luxembourg to Japan. Greenpeace has been joined by the leaders of 15 nations in calling on Japan to immediately halt its whaling...

The Japanese whaling fleet ended its widely-condemned hunt on Saturday after killing 88 whales including 43 Bryde's and five sperm, both of which are endangered. The expanded hunt is the impetus behind U.S. moves to impose economic sanctions...

Greenpeace strongly criticized the Norwegian government for lifting the ban on exports of whale products earlier today. Just last year at the Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), over 2000 delegates from around the world voted...

For the first time since a global ban on hunting whales was implemented by IWC member countries in 1986, Japan is poised to win resumption of large-scale commercial whaling.