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Japan May Press Charges Against Activist Who Boarded Whaler

Stuart Biggs and Takashi Hirokawa BusinessWeek 02/15/2010
Japan May Press Charges Against Activist Who Boarded Whaler

Japan’s government may press criminal charges against an anti-whaling activist after he boarded a Japanese vessel in Antarctic waters yesterday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said.

Space-age anti-whaling powerboat 'sliced in two' by Japan whalers

SYDNEY — A space-age powerboat sent to harass Japanese whalers was rammed and sliced in two in its very first clash on Wednesday, activists said, dramatically escalating hostilities in icy Antarctic seas.

Whaling Commission chief considers ending ban

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Thursday postponed a decision on Greenland's request to hunt 10 humpback whales, after failing to create a consensus between pro and anti-whaling nations.

Anti-whaling protest ship collides with Japanese whaler

An anti-whaling protest ship collided with a Japanese whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean on Friday as the Japanese tried to haul a dead whale on board, said the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Japan rejects deal to limit whaling to its own waters

A proposal by the International Whaling Commission to reduce Japan's lethal "research whaling" programme in return for increased whaling in its own waters has been rejected by Tokyo.

Japan rejects plan to limit whaling to its waters

Japan said Tuesday it will reject any proposal by the International Whaling Commission that halts its research missions in the Antarctic, making it unlikely that a compromise plan for limited coastal whaling would work.

 
Japan denies using weapons on anti-whaling group

Japan denied on Monday accusations by a U.S.-based hardline anti-whaling group that Japanese whaling ships had used weapons against activists on inflatable boats near Antarctica.