Reports said the hunts would probably involve catching fewer minke whales and no fin or humpback whales, as Japanese fisheries officials attempt to pass the "scientific" test set by the ICJ.
Japan ceased whaling in the Antarctic after the ruling, but has continued to hunt the sea mammals in the North Pacific, and now plans to propose a new round of 'scientific whaling' programmes at the IWC.
Norway and Iceland maintain commercial whaling programmes in spite of the 1986 International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium, but Japan insists its programme is scientific, while admitting that the resulting meat ends up on plates back at home.
At a meeting to launch the report at the Royal Society today, the government's chief scientific adviser John Beddington said the government should be thinking about a modest investment in geoengineering research.
A comprehensive report on the US response to Ebola at home and in Africa found there was no good scientific evidence for the mandatory 21-day quarantine imposed in states including Maine, which tried to confine nurse Kaci Hickox to her home on her return from Sierra Leone.
Only a few months later, the Morningside Foundation, led by Hong Kong venture capitalists Ronnie and Gerald Chan, topped that with a $350m donation to the school of public health, where Gerald earned his master's and doctorate degrees.
Born in County Waterford, Ireland, Richardson read history at Trinity College, Dublin, as an undergraduate, before postgraduate study at UCLA and a doctorate at Harvard.
Most worrying was the allegation that the BBC had paid for a scientific experiment to investigate acupuncture as a "TV stunt" and had "sensationalised" the results.
Australia says Japan's claim that its whaling is purely for scientific purposes is a disguise for commercial whaling banned under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, to which Japan is a signatory.
The zoos are both owned by the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, an education, scientific and conservation charity established in 1957 which is "dedicated to protecting our global wildlife heritage and inspiring in people a respect for animals, plants and the environment".
Having said they would abide by the UN court's ruling in March, Japanese officials are poised to submit a revised programme to the IWC's scientific committee in November.
