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Here comes those Japanese researchers again.

Not satisfied with overfishing the Southern Bluefin Tuna, they now return for their annual whale slaughter, calling it research.

Fear for humpbacks as Japan whaling fleet sets sail

A Japanese whaling fleet left on Sunday for an expedition activists say will for the first time target humpbacks, a perennial favourite among whale-watchers.

Japan, which says whaling is a cherished cultural tradition, abandoned commercial whaling in accordance with an international moratorium in 1986, but began the next year to conduct what it calls scientific research whaling.

How do you research a dead whale?