Whaling and Japan: Japan persists in its quest for whalers' rights, despite fierce opposition and even demonization by foreign media. Is Japan being treated fairly? This summer's International Whaling Commission meeting in Berlin promises to heat up the great whaling debate. Japan Inc. | June 1, 2003| | COPYRIGHT 2003 Japan Inc. Communications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

IN MID-MARCH, ON the Polynesian island Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, aid officials from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) found themselves in a stew. According to local reports, delegates from the inter-governmental organization offered to help Tonga rebuild a hospital in the island of Nuku'alofa. Theoretically, there should be nothing wrong with the gesture. But what rankles officials is the condition of the loan: in exchange, Japan wants the island Kingdom to support its bid (along with Norway's and other whaling nations') to overturn the IWC's moratorium ...

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