TOKYO: Japan will resume “research” whaling in the Antarctic by the end of March next year, local media reported Saturday, despite a call by global regulators for more evidence that the expeditions have a scientific purpose.

The move came after a one-season suspension of its hunting in the ocean as the United Nations’ top legal body judged last year that Japan’s whaling there was a fig leaf for a commercial hunt.

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