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Anti-whalers counteract Japan's influence in Whaling Commission

The Japanese plan to introduce secret ballots at the International Whaling Commission has been defeated.

As Tokyo correspondent Mark Simkin reports the meeting is not going well for the host country.

Japan wants to win a return to full commerical whaling but so far that ambition has been dealt a number of blows. First Japan's pro-whaling ally, Iceland, failed in its bid to rejoin the Commission. Then Japan's plan to introduce secret ballots for commission votes was defeated. Japan had argued the proposal would shield small countries from undue pressure, but nations such as Australia say it would have reduced transparency. Mark Simkin, Shimonoseki.

20/05/2002 22:30:43 | ABC Radio Australia News

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