FILE PHOTO: A worker sprays water on a Baird's Beaked whale before butchering it, as shadows of a crowd of grade school students and residents are cast on the ground, at Wada port in Minamiboso, southeast of Tokyo, June 26, 2014. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
(Reuters) - Japan will withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in a bid to resume commercial whaling, Kyodo News reported on Thursday, citing government sources.
Japan's withdrawal from the IWC is planned for 2019 and will be announced by the end of this year, according to the report.
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