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Japan submits rebuttal to tribunal in tuna catch case.
The Japanese government on Monday submitted its rebuttal to the international tribunal looking into the case filed by the Australian and New Zealand governments over tuna finishing by Japanese near Australia, Japanese officials said. The case has been brought to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany, and Australia and New Zealand are seeking arbitration and an injunction on Japan's fishing of southern bluefin tuna. Japan claims the fishing is for research purposes, but Australia and New Zealand say it is contrary to international law. In the rebuttal, Japan said the latest conflict concerns the interpretations and application of the southern bluefin tuna conservation treaty to which the three countries are party. Japan argued the international tribunal has no jurisdiction over the dispute and therefore arbitration via the tribunal cannot be sought.