Japan Archive

  • Gareth Hughes

    Southern Ocean whaling, send in the navy! - by Gareth Hughes



    I’ve been calling on the Government to send an offshore patrol vessel for a while now to monitor the whale hunt, to ensure the safety of all vessels down there and to ‘bear witness’ to this environmental crime but the Government has consistently refused to act. read more
    January 16, 2012 3:17 pm - 19 Comments
  • frog

    Japan’s nuclear catastrophe worsens - by frog



    Several reports from usually reliable news sources stated that efforts to stop further meltdown and radiation release at Japan’s Fukushima power plant had been abandoned. It appears the reports were based on a mis-translation. The struggle to gain control of the power plant’s reactors continues, but the situation is still very dire. read more
    March 16, 2011 6:08 pm - 42 Comments
  • Gareth Hughes

    Outsourcing our opposition to whaling - by Gareth Hughes



    It’s fantastic the now finished Japanese whaling season was a dismal failure, but in typical right-wing fashion our Government has outsourced doing something about stopping whaling to the activists and Australians. As whaling season 2010/11 finishes I’m hopeful we’re making progress towards the end of whaling altogether. Pity the whalers. This has been a terrible [...] read more
    February 19, 2011 9:15 am - 36 Comments
  • frog

    Why are Kiwis allowed to work for whalers? - by frog



    The government’s response to the sinking of the Ady Gil, just the latest chapter in the seemingly never ending saga of Japanese south seas whaling, has been the usual waffle. Minister McCully urges restraint, but says New Zealand’s influence is too small to do more. This is disappointing to say the least, given the strong [...] read more
    January 9, 2010 10:20 pm - 59 Comments
  • frog

    Free the Tokyo Two - by frog



    Not only were two Greenpeace activists arrested in June after exposing corruption in the illegal whaling industry, now they are the ones who will be prosecuted! To read the full story and see the original video produced when the corruption was exposed, click here. (Be mindful that the most recent content is at the bottom [...] read more
    July 11, 2008 2:38 pm - 69 Comments
  • frog

    Greens send S.O.S. to Japanese Media - by frog



    Kiwis of all stripes have been hitting the beaches in support of the Green Party’s Sand Whale Campaign. We promised to put all the photos from around the country together and send them off to Japan. Here is a short video from MP Metiria Turei to say thank you to all those who sent photos [...] read more
    June 23, 2008 1:45 pm - 4 Comments
  • frog

    Crikey - by frog



    So, Steve Irwin is back in the news.  And for much the same sort of thing as the original Steve Irwin became famous for – charging into dangerous situations (teethy crocodile mouths, poisonous snakes, Japanese whaling ships in Antarctic waters) while drawling out helpful statements like ‘Crikey, watch this one get angry when I poke [...] read more
    January 16, 2008 9:49 am - 13 Comments
  • frog

    Canada, Japan and US must commit to binding targets - by frog



    There’s an expression that goes something like ‘this is where the rubber hits the road’.  Well, that’s probably the opposite of the outcome we want from Bali. But the time has definitely come to find whether our global representatives can commit to doing something before they leave the Indonesian island. The UN is clearly worried [...] read more
    December 13, 2007 3:27 pm - 3 Comments