Court challenge to whaling faces top Japanese negotiator

By Andrew Darby
Updated June 24 2013 - 7:13am, first published 6:58am
A small boat from the Sea Shepherd vessel, <i>Steve Irwin</i>, makes a reconnaissance trip past the Japanese whaling ship <i>Shonan Maru #2</i> near Freemantle in January 2012. Photo:  Reuters
A small boat from the Sea Shepherd vessel, <i>Steve Irwin</i>, makes a reconnaissance trip past the Japanese whaling ship <i>Shonan Maru #2</i> near Freemantle in January 2012. Photo: Reuters

Australia's $20 million legal bid to end Japan's ''research'' whaling in the Antarctic is set to begin hearings against a determined defence led by a top Japanese official.

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