Umfang:
26 Seiten
ISBN:
978-3-86205-956-0
Inhalt:
Japan’s Whaling Policy: The Reasons for Leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC) This article analyses the historical and political background that led to the Japanese withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission in June 2019. It is argued that Japan originally joined the IWC after the Second World War to enhance its standing in the international community. Japan remained a member after the commercial whaling moratorium in 1986 in the hope of a revocation. However, the defeat before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2014 confronted the Japanese government with the fact that the moratorium would not be lifted. Finally, the Japanese government decided to leave the IWC before the next American presidential election in 2020, as it was believed that the Trump administration would not sanction Japan for leaving an international organization. The IWC withdrawal also allowed the Japanese government to withdraw from its financially disastrous Antarctic whaling activities without giving the impression of having bowed to pressure from international NGOs. Domestically, the ongoing protests of international NGOs against Japanese whaling and dolphin hunts led an increased interest in a national whaling culture and an opposition to anti-whaling among many Japanese citizens.
In:
Japan 2019, München : Iudicium, 2019, (2019), Seite 126-151, 978-3-86205-956-0
In:
year:2019
In:
pages:126-151
Sprache:
Deutsch
Schlagwort(e):
Japan
;
Walfang
;
International Whaling Commission
;
Austritt
DOI:
10.48796/20230704-005
URN:
urn:nbn:de:0308-20230704-005-6
