This September 4, 2017 picture shows a Minke whale being lifted by a crane during the North Pacific research whaling programme at the Kushiro port in Kushiro, Hokkaido prefecture. - Japanese fishermen set sail on July 1 to hunt whales commercially for the first time in more than three decades after Tokyo's controversial withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) triggered outrage from environmental groups. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / AFP)