SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--The aging Nisshin Maru, a relic of Japan’s whaling tradition, has finally retired after playing a central role in research and commercial operations for more ...

Pamela Watts (voice-over): Observations of winds that once buffeted this 1800s whaling ship are offering up some critical clues to climate change. The Charles W. Morgan is an attraction at Mystic ...

The Kangei Maru, a commercial whaling ship, leaves Shimonoseki port in western Japan on April 21, 2025. (Kyodo) SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi (Kyodo) -- A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese ...

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If tensions escalate, a test could serve as a signal of willingness to use the weapons. Testing “has tremendous symbolic importance,” says Frank von Hippel, a physicist at Princeton University.