The Japanese government is upset and "regrets" the hard work they put into the process. The new deal that had been discussed was allowing limited whale hunts in the southern ocean. The blame game is in full force now as environmentalists are blaming the governments from failing and the governments are doing their best to dodge blame and responsibility. Environmentalists believe the whale populations in the Antarctic are not sustainable so any hunting is destructive. BBC:
Failure to agree a common way forward at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting is "unfortunate", says Japan's minister attending.
In an interview with BBC News, Ms Yasue Funayama said Japan had had to "sweat and bleed" to bring agreement closer.
Other countries had insisted on an end to whaling in the Antarctic, which was not justified by science, she said.
