TOKYO: Japan will robustly defend its whaling program at the UN’s top court this week, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday, as Sydney and Tokyo ready to do battle over the legality of the hunt.

A day before the oral hearing is due to start at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Kishida said Tokyo has no intention to back down under pressure.

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