Japan has said it will maintain observer status at the IWC, an important signal that it has not completely shut the door to international talks on the issue. The IWC was due to hold a meeting of its scientific committee in the UK in May, but as a result of broad travel restrictions it will try to do this through a series of virtual sessions, which are meant to lay the groundwork for a full commission meeting to be held in Slovenia from late September until early October, the first such event since Japan withdrew from the body.
Australia needs to continue to show leadership within the IWC and press its opposition to commercial whaling wherever it happens, according to Kindleysides. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has made clear, however, he has no intention to elevate whaling above other priorities in the bilateral relationship. Domestic consumption has plummeted from , tons a year in the s to just tons lately, according to government figures cited by Kyodo News. View the discussion thread.
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