Sunny Wyers

In this 1969 photo, U.S. President Nixon welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato at the White House when the two leaders were holding talks concerning the return of Okinawa to Japanese control. This week, a Japanese government-appointed panel ...

The mayor of the fishing village portrayed in the documentary The Cove defended local dolphin hunts as part of local tradition after the film's best documentary Oscar. About 2,000 dolphins are killed in Taiji annually for their meat. The Japanese ...

TAIJI, Japan – The Japanese fishing village featured in “The Cove,” which won an Oscar for best documentary, defended its practice of hunting dolphins Monday as a part of a long tradition. The movie, which mixes stunning underwater shots of ...

TAIJI, Japan (AFP) – Dolphin hunters in a Japanese fishing town on Monday defended their annual cull after " The Cove ", a hard-hitting film about the slaughter, won the Academy Award for best documentary. Every year, fishermen in Taiji herd about ...

Our hope is the Japanese people will see this film and decide themselves whether animals should be used for meat and for entertainment. O'Barry added: "We like the Japanese people and there's no Japan bashing from this film. The Japanese people have ...

HOLLYWOOD - The director of Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" said the recent death of a trainer at SeaWorld in Florida proved whales and dolphins should not be held in captivity. Speaking after collecting his Oscar at the Kodak Theater, Louie ...

I myself have had mercury poisoning from eating the wrong kind of fish. "Our hope is the Japanese people will see this film and decide themselves whether animals should be used for meat and for entertainment. O'Barry added: "We like the Japanese ...