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epa07249042 A minke whale is lifted from a ship at Kushiro port, Hokkaido, northern Japan, 04 September 2017 (issued 26 December 2018). On 26 December 2018, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga officially announced that Japan will withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and restart commercial whaling for the first time in over 30 years. EPA/JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT * EDITORIAL USE ONLY/ NO ARCHIVES