A Japanese whaling ship leaves the port of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan on December 1, 2015, to resume whale hunting in the Antarctic. A Japanese whaling fleet set sail for the Antarctic Ocean, intending to resume culls after a one-year pause, with environmentalists slamming the mission as a "crime against nature". Japan has hunted whales for centuries and their meat was once a key source of protein for the population, but consumption has dramatically declined as the country grew into one of the world's wealthiest economies. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT (Photo by JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / AFP) (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
