Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to resume research whaling, but over the past 18 months, Japan faced trouble trying to fit NEWREP-A within the terms of the international court's ruling.
A special panel of whaling commission experts said in January Japan had failed to demonstrate the need for killing whales in order to achieve the plan's objectives.
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