Topic: Japan
Getty Images | 2010-03-12 04:26:31
TOKYO - MARCH 12: Japan Coast Guard stand on guard the Japan's whaling vessel Shonan Maru 2, detaining a New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune, a member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and was the captain of the high-tech ...
AP News | 2010-03-12 06:14:34
Japan arrests New Zealand anti-whaling activist for illegally boarding Japanese vessel
Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a whaling ship last month in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling. Peter Bethune, a member of the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd activist group, is accused of jumping ...
AP News | 2010-03-12 04:11:59
Activists hold a placard during a rally against the activist group Sea Shepherd, outside Harumi port in Tokyo, Friday, March 12, 2010. Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist, Peter Bethune, from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-12 03:10:09
A New Zealand anti-whaling activist was arrested in Japan Friday after a harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, greeted by police and nationalist protesters. Peter Bethune, of the militant Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), was engaged in months of high-seas clashes with the Japanese whaling fleet but has been in custody since mid-February when ...
