Members of the conservation group Sea Shepherd have raised concerns about safety onboard the anti-whaling ship 'Steve Irwin'.

The Australian government has called on Japanese fishermen and international anti-whaling activists to exercise restraint after the latest confrontation between the two groups in Antarctic waters.

Japan says it will complain to Australia about its release of graphic photographs of whales being killed by a Japanese fleet in Antarctic waters.

Japan's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean has gone back to work after the departure of environmental protesters.

Japan's Prime Minister has defended his country's annual whale hunt in the oceans around Antarctica.

The Greenpeace boat, the Esperanza, has attempted to block the Japanese whaling fleet from refuelling in Antarctic waters.

Anti-whaling monitors in the Southern Ocean say Japanese whaling boats may have been able to resume their operations, after the monitors lost track of the Japanese vessels.

Anti-whaling protesters say they are preventing Japanese whalers from resuming their operations in the Southern Ocean.

Japan says it expects to maintain strong ties with Australia while still continuing what it calls its research whaling program.

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