【Some NEW LAWS for the CONTINUATION of Whaling were enacted in Japan
in 2017!!】――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――(Partial revision of the Cabinet Office Establishment Law)
Article 5Part of the Cabinet Office Establishment Law(Act No.89 of 1999)is revised asfollows.
“Article 12 paragraph 1 “ in Article 4, paragraph 3, item 26-2 is amended to”Article 8paragraph 1”.
Prime Minister of the Cabinet Office

Shinzo Abe

Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications

Sanae Yamamoto

Minister of Economy,Trade and Industry

Hiroshige Seko

We promulgate the law concerning the implementation of the scientific whale research toconduct commercial whaling etc.

Nobleman seal
June 23,2017
Prime Minister of the Cabinet Office

Shinzo AbeAct No.76
The law concerning the implementation of the scientific whale research to conduct

commercial whaling etc.
(Object)
Article 1

This law stipulates that cetaceans are important food resources and should be

used on a scientific evidence as well as other marine biological resources on a sustainablebasis as well as in traditional food culture and eating habits and to ensure diversity
concerning the use of cetaceans,the basic principles concerning the scientific whale
research for the implementation of commercial whaling etc, shall be established ,in addition
to claryfying the responsibilities of the basic policy and scientific whale research
program,establishment of implementation system,prevention of disturbing acts andresponse to disturbing acts, it aims to develop the fishery industry and its related industries
by implementing commercial whaling and to contribute to the sustainable use of the marine
and biological resources.
(Difinition)
Article 2

In this act”Scientific Whale Research” is a scientific study on whales aimed atcollecting scientific information for sustainable use while maintaiming whale species at an
appropriate level, capture of cetaceans or other methods,shall be carried out pursuant to theprovisions of this act.
2 In this Act “disturbing act” means an act that interferes with an act conducted closely
related to scientific whale research or transportation of supplies necessary for this and otherscientific whale research.

(Basic Principles)
Article 3

Scientific Whale Research shall comply with all of the following criteria and shallbe carried out in principle accompanied by capture of whales.
1 Mainly to be conducted with the aim of obtaining scientific knowledge for theimplementation of commercial whaling.
2 Based on the treaties and other international agreements concluded by Japan andestablished international laws and regulations and to be implemented based on scientificknowledge.
3

Sufficient analysis and research will be conducted on the results of the survey so that thenecessary research results can be obtained and the research results obtained thereby will bewidely announced.
4 To be carried out while collaborating with research institutes concerning cetaceans anddomestic whales as necessary.
(Responsibility of the State)
Article 4

The State comprehensively formulates measures to implement whale sciencesurveys in a stable and continuous manner in accordance with the basic principles of thewhale science research prescribed in the preceding Article(hereinafter referred as the “BasicPrinciples”),and have the responsibility to implement.
(Basic policy)
Article 5

According to the basic principles , the government shall establish a basic

policy(hereinafter referred to as”basic policy “) for implementing whale science research ona stable and continuous basis.
2

In the basic policy ,the following matters shall be determined.

1 Matters concerning significance of scientific whale research.
2 Targets on scientific information collected through scientific whale research.
3 Basic matters concerning the implementation of whale science research necessary toachieve the goal of the previous issue.
4 Basic matters concerning the implementation system of scientific whale research.
5 Basic matters concerning prevention of disturbing acts and correspondence todisturbing acts.
6 Basic matters concerning dissemination and utilization etc. of scientific knowledge
obtained by scientific whale research both in Japan and overseas.
7 Basic matters concerning the use of cetaceans caught for the whale science survey after
the end of the survey.
8 Basic matters concerning stable and continuous implementation of scientific whaleresearch.
3 The Minister of Agriculture ,Forestry and Fisheries,in consultation with the Ministerof Justice,the Foreign Minister,the Japan Coast Guard and other related administrative
organs in advance,(In the case where the applicable administrative agency is a council
system, this administrative agency. The same in Article 13 paragraph.)prepares a basic

policy plan and seeks decision of the cabinet.
4 When the Cabinet decision is made pursuant to the provision of the preceding
paragraph,the Minister of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries shall publish the basic
policy without delay.
5 The government should change the basic policy when necessary due to the trend of thesituation.
6 The provisions of paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis to thechange of basic policy pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
(Scientific Whale Research Program)
Article 6According to the basic policy the Minister of Agriculture ,Forestry andFisheries,for each whale science survey that it is deemed necessary to carry out,asplanned by the Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries,a plan concerning thescientific whale research.(hereinafter referred to as “scientific whale research”)shall beformulated.
2 In the scientific whale research program,the following matters shall be specified
1 Purpose of scientific whale research program.
2 Survey on scientific whale research survey area.
3 Period of scientific whale research.
4 The Ministry of Agriculture ,Forestry and Fisheries should concider the scientificwhale research program as appropriate,taking into concideration the situation of thewhale science survey and if necessary,change it if it finds it necessary.
5 The provisions of paragraph 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a change in scientificwhale research program pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
(Specified scientific whale research corporation)
Article 7 The Minister of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries shall designated a generalwholly owned corporation or a general foundation that is found to be able to carry out
the business prescribed in the following paragraph properly and reliably ,as its
designated scientific whale research corporation under its application you can do.
2 Designated scientific whale research corporation shall conduct the whale sciencesurvey (including corporation prescribed in paragraph 1 of the next article ) as abusiness.
3 The designated scientific whale research corporation reports the status of the whale
science investigation to the Minister of Agriculture ,Forestry and Fisheries according tothe Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries and when the whale
science survey ends, it does not report the result without delay you must do it.
4 The Minister of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries may,when he finds that thedesignated scientific whale research corporation does not properly and certainly
implement the business prescribed in paragraph 2 it shall require the designated whale
science research corporation to improve its operation you may order to take measures.
5 The Minister of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries may rescind its designation when adesignated scientific whale research corporation violates an order the provisions of thepreceding paragraph.
6 Procedures specified in paragraph land other necessary matters concerning designatedscientific whale research corporation shall be provided by Ordinance of the Ministry ofAgriculture Forestry and Fisheries.
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