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Opposition rising to fading whaling industry
by Junichi Sato, Executive Director of Greenpeace Japan Whale conservation has lost out to the fading, but still defiant pro-whaling forces, at this year’s International Whaling Commission (IWC)...
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Phasing out, cracking up and shutting down – a bad week for nuclear power
Historic news that Japan will phase out nuclear power has rounded off yet another terrible week for the global nuclear industry. Japan’s decision to end its reliance on nuclear power by the 2030s...
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Students: The World Needs You – Apply for the Greenpeace Semester
APPLY FOR THE GREENPEACE SEMESTER! Me, on a decommissioned Duke/Progress Energy smokestack (see picture below). Arden, NC. Feb, 2012. As humans, we sometimes find ourselves in positions that change the...
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Another taxpayer lifeline for Japan’s dying whaling industry?
I woke up this morning to reports that the Fisheries Agency of Japan, the body in charge of our whaling industry is seeking government funds to repair and re-fit the Nisshin Maru, the main factory...
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Japan’s Uniqlo adds Detox commitment to spring’s wardrobe essentials
Another fashion brand is detoxing. Japan’s leading international casual wear brand, Uniqlo, begins the new year with a public commitment to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals throughout its...
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Greenpeace successfully blocks whale meat shipment
This morning, Greenpeace Germany activists boarded a ship docked in Hamburg and prevented it from leaving with a cargo of meat from endangered fin whales. Germany doesn’t hunt whales of course. Like...
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Time for Japan to take control of the Fukushima disaster
For more than two years we have watched how the Fukushima nuclear plant operator TEPCO has failed to take control of the disaster or be transparent about the real situation at the stricken plant,...
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Worst incident at Fukushima for two years
The seemingly endless torrent of scandals rushing from the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima continues with the news that a serious incident is underway at the stricken plant. Once again we see...
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Shipment of whale meat from Iceland arrives in Japan
We had a strange visitor to Japan yesterday. The Alma, a refrigerated cargo vessel which has sailed all the way from Iceland, brought 2,000 tons of fin whale meat, valued at over 13 million US dollars....
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PHOTOS: Iceland catches endangered whales for commercial export to Japan
Despite an international ban on trading in endangered species such as the fin whale, Iceland has caught its first two endangered fin whales of 2014. The endangered whales are intended for commercial...
View ArticleU.S. floats a draft resolution that would legitimize “scientific whaling”
UPDATE: Great news for whales! Shortly after we shared this information, we were contacted by a senior US official who assured us that the US will NOT be proposing any resolution on Annex P (which...
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Message of Peace from Hiroshima – 69 years on, peace is still the best...
Greenpeace believes that peace is the best self-defense, and that war is the biggest threat to the environment. This story is a call for peace by Daisuke Miyachi of Greenpeace Japan. Daisuke is from...
View ArticleHappy nuclear free birthday to the people of Japan!
Every birthday is special – but today Japan is celebrating something unique. Japan has been nuclear-free for one year. Nuclear-free – a phrase that in its simplicity carries a devastating message for...
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Photos: Shadowlands of Fukushima
The Town of Namie is completely abandoned and an officially closed off area. Only clean-up and nuclear workers from the plant are allowed into the zone with special permission A recurring theme in...
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A lesson from Fukushima: A safe, clean energy future will be nuclear-free
Today, the 11th of March 2015, marks the fourth year since beginning of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters: the triple reactor core meltdowns and catastrophic containment building failures at...
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