![The 22-year-old, 8,000-ton vessel Nisshin Maru (日新丸?) is the largest ship of the Japanese whaling fleet. The ship is part of a six to seven ship fleet headed by research leader Shigetoshi Nishiwaki and is based in Japan in Shimonoseki harbor.[3] It is a converted stern trawler and is the world's only whale factory ship. [4] The ship is owned by Tokyo-based company Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, which is subsidiary of the government-funded Institute of Cetacean Research.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/26/2f7a13c2892803.jpg)
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Friday, June 18, 2010 - Powered by Giff Johnson Agence France Presse MAJURO: Japan and Pacific nations the Marshall Islands and Kiribati have denied trading cash and favors for votes in support of Tokyo on whaling, ahead of a crunch meeting next week in Morocco. Britain’s The Sunday Times reported that officials from St Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Guinea and Ivory Coast were willing to discuss selling their votes at the...
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