Japan whaling ship returns home after first commercial hunt

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese whaling ship has returned home to the country’s southwest after almost meeting its annual quota, ending its first commercial whaling season in 31 years.
Operator Kyodo Senpaku Co. says its main factory ship Nisshin Maru returned to its home port of Shimonoseki on Friday after catching 223 whales off the Japanese coast in the Pacific.
Japan resumed commercial whaling July 1 after leaving the International Whaling Commission, promising that the whalers would sta