The NZ anti-whaling activist has been called a "fascist" and a "terrorist" by a jeering spectator during his court appearance in Tokyo.

Australia will initiate action in the International Court of Justice, seeking to prevent Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean.

Whale's calls of distress brought mother and brother dangerously close to shore.

Peter Bethune is not expected to plead guilty to an assault charge when he faces court in Tokyo tomorrow.

A look at the conditions of detention faced by a NZ anti-whaling activist awaiting trial in Japan for disrupting whaling in the Southern Ocean.

The NZ Govt is putting pressure on Japan to participate in an investigation into the sinking of an anti-whaling vessel, John Key says.

A lack of Japanese co-operation has meant an Australian investigation into Ady Gill's collision with a whaling boat was 'inconclusive'.

Whales ... are terrifying the fish by looming over them when they are trying to mate, thus rendering them fearful and incapable of the act of breeding.

The NZ foreign minister rejects a new whaling proposal allowing nations to continue commercial whaling for another decade.

Hard decisions over the IWC threaten to end the PM's no-nuke dream run.

A compromise being negotiated by the IWC could save 5000 whales over the next ten years

Japan's internet users are increasingly inflamed by what they say is racism behind the whaling debate.