People Are Trolling The Japanese PM After He Visited A Whale Watching Spot

    Photos have also emerged of Japanese whalers allegedly hunting in Australian waters.

    Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe came Down Under over the weekend and his Australian host just happened to take him to Sydney's South Head.

    Began my meetings with @AbeShinzo by walking and talking on beautiful South Head this morning

    Yes, really. That's South Head: at the opening of Sydney's famous harbour and one of the country's most popular spots to watch some frolicking whales.

    Like, here is a whale at South Head!

    So everyone started trolling Turnbull and Abe.

    @TurnbullMalcolm @AbeShinzo See any whales?

    @TurnbullMalcolm @AbeShinzo Did you spot any whales?

    @TurnbullMalcolm @AbeShinzo ideal location for whale...spotting.

    By all accounts, Turnbull and Abe held very friendly talks but Japan's resumption of whaling was mentioned.

    @TurnbullMalcolm @AbeShinzo Did you both do some whale watching & make bets on which ones would make it back to the antarctic alive?

    .@TurnbullMalcolm @AbeShinzo so how is the discussion on stopping #whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary going?

    @TurnbullMalcolm @AbeShinzo Was there discussion about the fleet of Japanese whalers illegally slaughtering whales in the southern ocean?

    @TurnbullMalcolm @political_alert @AbeShinzo Will you allow Japan to continue whaling in our oceans?? #savethewhales🐋🐳

    Also over the weekend, Sea Shepherd released photos claiming to show a Japanese whale ship in Australian waters with a slaughtered minke whale on board.

    Sea Shepherd claims the whalers covered the whale with a tarpaulin to hide it. The group has handed over photos of the boat to the federal government.

    On Monday, Australia's environment minister Josh Frydenberg told BuzzFeed News the government was "deeply disappointed" Japan had resumed whaling.

    "The Australian government is deeply disappointed that Japan has decided to return to the Southern Ocean this summer to undertake so-called 'scientific' whaling," Frydenberg said in a statement.

    "We will continue our efforts in the International Whaling Commission to strongly oppose commercial whaling and so-called 'scientific' whaling, uphold the moratorium on commercial whaling, and to promote whale conservation."

    "No country has done more to try to end whaling than Australia."