Japan announced Wednesday it was leaving the IWC.

周三，日本宣布将退出国际捕鲸委员会。

Japan unsuccessfully lobbied the IWC in September to resume commercial whaling.

日本曾在9月游说国际捕鲸委员会恢复商业捕鲸，但并未成功。

Suga said Japan would officially inform the IWC of its decision by the end of 2018.

菅义伟表示，日本将在2018年底前正式将这一决定通知国际捕鲸委员会。

However, Japan withdrew from the IWC in December.

但在12月，日本退出IWC。

And, you know, they lobbied the IWC for many years to allow more whaling, but it just doesn't work.

多年以来，日本一直在游说国际捕鲸委员会，希望委员会允许增加捕鲸数量，但是并没有奏效。

The IWC ordered the ban on commercial whaling over 30 years ago.

国际捕鲸委员会30多年前下令禁止商业捕鲸。

Now, Japan says it's going to remain an observer in the IWC.

日本表示将以观察国的身份参与国际捕鲸委员会的相关事务。

Commercial whaling was banned in 1986 by an International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium.

1986年，国际捕鲸委员会（IWC）禁止商业捕鲸。

He also said that his country would withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

他还表示，日本将退出国际捕鲸委员会（IWC）。

The IWC adopted a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1982 and Japan halted it eight years later.

国际捕鲍委员会于1982年通过商业捕鲸暂停令，8年后日本停止了商业捕鲸。

The Australian government said it was " extremely disappointed" about Japan's decision to withdraw from the IWC.

澳大利亚政府表示，对日本退出国际捕鲸委员会的决定“极为失望”。

We therefore urge this IWC to grant...

因此我们强烈要求IWC。

Japan continued whaling for scientific research under the IWC rules.

日本根据 IWC 规则继续为科学研究捕鲸。

The IWC will go down in history as a ship of fools.

IWC最终会成为历史上的一群傻瓜。

The IWC ordered the ban on commercial whaling over 30 years ago.The move sought to increase the animals' numbers in the world's oceans.

国际捕鲸委员会30多年前下令禁止商业捕鲸。此举是为了增加海洋动物的数量。

With its withdrawal from the IWC, Tokyo will carry out whale hunting off Japan, but will end the most controversial hunts in the Antarctic.

在退出国际捕鲸委员会后，日本将在本国附近进行捕鲸活动，但其最具争议的南极洲捕鲸活动也将结束。

Japanese officials say the country will remain as an observer to the IWC and will take part in the group's scientific meetings and conferences.

日本官员说，日本将继续担任国际捕鲸委员会的观察员，并参加该委员会的科学会议。

It's going to consider the IWC's guidelines on how many whales to catch, although it won't say exactly how many, and in general just stick to whaling practices.

日本将考虑国际捕鲸委员会的准则，以决定捕鲸数量，不过日本并没有明确说明将捕多少鲸鱼，只是笼统地说会遵守捕鲸惯例。

Wednesday's announcement to resume commercial whaling and set its own quotasinstead of those agreed upon at the IWC puts Japan on a short list of countries that continue the outlawed practice.

周三，日本宣布恢复商业捕鲸，并设定自己的捕鲸配额，而不遵从于在国际捕鲸委员会上商定的配额，这使日本写进了继续这种非法做法的候选名单上。

Japan unsuccessfully lobbied the IWC in September to resume commercial whaling. Countries that focus exclusively on the protection of whales did not agree to take any tangible steps towards reaching a common position.

日本曾在9月游说国际捕鲸委员会恢复商业捕鲸，但并未成功。专注保护鲸鱼的国家没有同意采取任何具体步骤来达成共同立场。