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Whaling fleet returns from Antarctic

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Photo shows the bow of the mother ship Nisshin Maru of Japan's three-ship whaling fleet, which returned to the port of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 7, 2013, after completing the season's research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. Marks are seen on the bow of the Nisshin Maru, which was rammed by vessels of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

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Japanese whale hunters defend endangered tradition

TAIJI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 24, 2012, shows the statue of a traditional harpooner in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture. The statue underwent renovation after an antiwhaling German male activist bent its harpoon in October 2012 and was arrested.

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Dutch activist acquitted

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Erwin Vermeulen (L) talks to reporters in Wakayama, western Japan on Feb. 22, 2012, after the Dutch activist connected with the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was acquitted at a Japanese court of assault charges against a man involved in moving dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, in December 2011.

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Typhoon forces whalers to forgo 1st day of dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - Antiwhaling activist Richard O'Barry (L) speaks to reporters after arriving in the traditional whaling town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2011. Local fishermen postponed the start of their annual hunt of dolphins, whales and other cetaceans due to an approaching typhoon over waters off Japan's Pacific coast.

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Typhoon forces whalers to forgo 1st day of dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - Antiwhaling activist Richard O'Barry (C) arrives in the traditional whaling town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2011. Local fishermen postponed the start of their annual hunt for dolphins, whales and other cetaceans due to an approaching typhoon over waters off Japan's Pacific coast.

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IWC meeting

JERSEY, Britain - Antiwhaling activists stage a rally outside the venue of an International Whaling Commission meeting in Jersey in Britain's Channel Islands on July 11, 2011.

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Japan whalers return home

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No.3 returns to Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, from the Antarctic Ocean on March 21, 2011. The whalers were forced to halt so-called research whaling after obstruction by the antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

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Japan whalers return home

TOKYO, Japan - The Nisshin Maru, leading vessel of Japan's whaling convoy, returns to a Tokyo pier from the Antarctic Ocean on March 21, 2011. The whalers were forced to halt so-called research whaling after obstruction by the antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

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Dolphin hunt in Taiji

TAIJI, Japan - Members of the antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd monitor the dolphin hunt by fishermen from Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 29, 2011. Members of the conservation group take turns to visit Japan for the monitoring activities.

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Sea Shepherd forces Japan to halt this season's whaling

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Japanese research whaling mother ship Nisshin Maru entering Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture in April 2009. Japan said on Feb. 18, 2011, it had halted its research whaling for the current season in the Antarctic Ocean because of obstructive actions by the Sea Shepherd antiwhaling group.

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Taiji town, antiwhaling groups meet over dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - A man (C) from the antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society heads to a meeting with local leaders on dolphin hunting in the town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, known as a traditional whaling town, on Nov. 2, 2010.

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Taiji town, antiwhaling groups meet over dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - Representatives of the town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture (left side) and members of antiwhaling groups including the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (right side) discuss dolphin hunting by local fishermen during their first dialogue in the western Japan town on Nov. 2, 2010.

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Taiji town, antiwhaling groups meet over dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - Richard O'Barry (C), a U.S. dolphin conservationist who appeared in the Oscar-winning documentary film ''The Cove,'' holds signs to protest against dolphin hunting in Taiji town, Wakayama Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2010. Local leaders of the traditional whaling town and members of antiwhaling groups held a first dialogue on the dolphin hunt on the same day.

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Antiwhaling activist pleads guilty to most charges

TOKYO, Japan - People against the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society rally in front of the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on May 27, 2010, as the trial of Peter Bethune, 45, former captain of the antiwhaling vessel Ady Gil of the society, began there. Bethune, from New Zealand and who allegedly obstructed the activities of the Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean, pleaded guilty to most of the charges against him.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - The vehicle carrying Peter Bethune, captain of a Sea Shepherd antiwhaling boat, goes past photographers and TV crews on its way to the Tokyo Coast Guard Office in Tokyo on March 12, 2010. The coast guard examined the boat in connection with the arrest of Bethune the same day in Tokyo for allegedly trespassing on the Japanese boat in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Tokyo regional office of the Japan Coast Guard board the Shonan Maru No. 2 docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo on March 12, 2010. They arrested Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel, the Ady Gil, for allegedly trespassing on the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - People against the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society rally in front of the Tokyo regional office of the Japan Coast Guard at Tokyo's Koto Ward, where Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the Sea Shepherd's vessel Ady Gil, is being held on March 12, 2010. Earlier in the day, Bethune was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the Shonan Maru No. 2, the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15 after the ship docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officers work on a patrol vessel which carries Pete Bethune in Tokyo on March 12, 2010, after they served an arrest warrant for the captain of a Sea Shepherd antiwhaling boat for allegedly trespassing on a Japanese whaling fleet security boat the previous month.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - The Shonan Maru No. 2 (C), the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet, escorted by Japan Coast Guard patrol ships, sails under the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo Bay on March 12, 2010. After the ship docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo, Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel Ady Gil, who had been detained on the ship, was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the ship in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - People hold up a banner criticizing activities of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society near Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo on March 12, 2010, as the Shonan Maru No. 2 carrying Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the Sea Shepherd's vessel Ady Gil, arrives at the terminal. Bethune was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15 after it docked at the terminal.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials hide Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel Ady Gil, with a plastic sheet onboard the Shonan Maru No. 2 after the ship docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo on March 12. Bethune, who has been held since boarding the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet on Feb. 15, was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the ship in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials hide Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel Ady Gil, with a plastic sheet onboard the Shonan Maru No. 2 after the ship docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo on March 12. Bethune, who has been held since boarding the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet on Feb. 15, was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the ship in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - The Shonan Maru No. 2, aboard which Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel Ady Gil had been detained, approaches Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo on March 12, 2010. Bethune, who had been held since boarding the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet on Feb. 15, was arrested by the Japan Coast Guard for allegedly trespassing on the ship in the Antarctic Ocean after it docked at the terminal.

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IWC participant from Tonga stages antiwhaling campaign

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - A participant from Tonga stages an antiwhaling demonstration in Shimonoseki, western Japan, on May 19 beside a traditional Tongan tent prior to the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) annual meeting there May 20-24.

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Antiwhaling campaign greets Koizumi

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Members of the Greenpeace put up antiwhaling banners and placards outside the prime minister's office in Wellington on May 2 as Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi hold talks with his New Zealand counterpart Helen Clark.

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Prospects dim for Japan's resumption of commercial whaling

ADELAIDE, Australia - Photo shows Minoru Morimoto (far L), Japan's chief delegate to the 53rd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), and other Japanese delegates. The IWC adopted on July 5 a nonbinding resolution filed by antiwhaling countries calling on Japan to stop its ongoing whale research in the Antarctic Sea.

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Sea Shepherd's new vessel ready to hamper Japan's "research whaling"

Antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's new vessel, the Ocean Warrior, is docked at a port in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 21, 2016. The custom-made boat is preparing to leave in early December to obstruct Japanese vessels engaged in so-called research whaling in the Antarctic Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan protests to Dutch envoy over Sea Shepherd's antiwhaling vio

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Nobuhide Minorikawa (R) summons Dutch Ambassador to Japan Philip de Heer (L) to the Foreign Ministry on Feb. 6, lodging a protest over what Japan said was repeated violent harassment and obstruction to operations of a Japanese whaling fleet by members of antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. He demanded Amsterdam take appropriate measures as the state where the ship is registered. (Kyodo)

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Sea Shepherd forces Japan to halt this season's whaling

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Japanese research whaling mother ship Nisshin Maru entering Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture in April 2009. Japan said on Feb. 18, 2011, it had halted its research whaling for the current season in the Antarctic Ocean because of obstructive actions by the Sea Shepherd antiwhaling group. (Kyodo)

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - The vehicle carrying Peter Bethune, captain of a Sea Shepherd antiwhaling boat, goes past photographers and TV crews on its way to the Tokyo Coast Guard Office in Tokyo on March 12, 2010. The coast guard examined the boat in connection with the arrest of Bethune the same day in Tokyo for allegedly trespassing on the Japanese boat in the Antarctic Ocean. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon forces whalers to forgo 1st day of dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - Antiwhaling activist Richard O'Barry (L) speaks to reporters after arriving in the traditional whaling town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2011. Local fishermen postponed the start of their annual hunt of dolphins, whales and other cetaceans due to an approaching typhoon over waters off Japan's Pacific coast. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon forces whalers to forgo 1st day of dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - Antiwhaling activist Richard O'Barry (C) arrives in the traditional whaling town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2011. Local fishermen postponed the start of their annual hunt for dolphins, whales and other cetaceans due to an approaching typhoon over waters off Japan's Pacific coast. (Kyodo)

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Antiwhaling activist Bethune deported from Japan

NARITA, Japan - Antiwhaling activist Peter Bethune (C), is seen at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, as he is deported from Japan on July 9, 2010, two days after being sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for five years, for obstructing the activities of the Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean. (Kyodo)

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IWC meeting

JERSEY, Britain - Antiwhaling activists stage a rally outside the venue of an International Whaling Commission meeting in Jersey in Britain's Channel Islands on July 11, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Antiwhaling activist pleads guilty to most charges

TOKYO, Japan - People against the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society rally in front of the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on May 27, 2010, as the trial of Peter Bethune, 45, former captain of the antiwhaling vessel Ady Gil of the society, began there. Bethune, from New Zealand and who allegedly obstructed the activities of the Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean, pleaded guilty to most of the charges against him. (Kyodo)

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Japan whalers return home

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No.3 returns to Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, from the Antarctic Ocean on March 21, 2011. The whalers were forced to halt so-called research whaling after obstruction by the antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. (Kyodo)

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Japan whalers return home

TOKYO, Japan - The Nisshin Maru, leading vessel of Japan's whaling convoy, returns to a Tokyo pier from the Antarctic Ocean on March 21, 2011. The whalers were forced to halt so-called research whaling after obstruction by the antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. (Kyodo)

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officers work on a patrol vessel which carries Pete Bethune in Tokyo on March 12, 2010, after they served an arrest warrant for the captain of a Sea Shepherd antiwhaling boat for allegedly trespassing on a Japanese whaling fleet security boat the previous month. (Kyodo)

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - The Shonan Maru No. 2 (C), the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet, escorted by Japan Coast Guard patrol ships, sails under the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo Bay on March 12, 2010. After the ship docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo, Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel Ady Gil, who had been detained on the ship, was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the ship in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15. (Kyodo)

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - People against the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society rally in front of the Tokyo regional office of the Japan Coast Guard at Tokyo's Koto Ward, where Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the Sea Shepherd's vessel Ady Gil, is being held on March 12, 2010. Earlier in the day, Bethune was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the Shonan Maru No. 2, the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15 after the ship docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - People hold up a banner criticizing activities of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society near Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo on March 12, 2010, as the Shonan Maru No. 2 carrying Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the Sea Shepherd's vessel Ady Gil, arrives at the terminal. Bethune was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15 after it docked at the terminal. (Kyodo)

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Tokyo regional office of the Japan Coast Guard board the Shonan Maru No. 2 docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo on March 12, 2010. They arrested Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel, the Ady Gil, for allegedly trespassing on the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15. (Kyodo)

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel Ady Gil, heads for the Japan Coast Guard's Tokyo regional office on March 12, after Bethune was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the Shonan Maru No. 2, the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15. Earlier in the day, the Shonan Maru No. 2 docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo. (2010031200148)

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - The Shonan Maru No. 2, aboard which Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel Ady Gil had been detained, approaches Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo on March 12, 2010. Bethune, who had been held since boarding the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet on Feb. 15, was arrested by the Japan Coast Guard for allegedly trespassing on the ship in the Antarctic Ocean after it docked at the terminal. (Kyodo)

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials hide Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel Ady Gil, with a plastic sheet onboard the Shonan Maru No. 2 after the ship docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo on March 12. Bethune, who has been held since boarding the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet on Feb. 15, was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the ship in the Antarctic Ocean. (Kyodo)

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials hide Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel Ady Gil, with a plastic sheet onboard the Shonan Maru No. 2 after the ship docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo on March 12. Bethune, who has been held since boarding the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet on Feb. 15, was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the ship in the Antarctic Ocean. (Kyodo)

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Dolphin hunt in Taiji

TAIJI, Japan - Members of the antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd monitor the dolphin hunt by fishermen from Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 29, 2011. Members of the conservation group take turns to visit Japan for the monitoring activities. (Kyodo)

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Dutch activist acquitted

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Erwin Vermeulen (L) talks to reporters in Wakayama, western Japan on Feb. 22, 2012, after the Dutch activist connected with the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was acquitted at a Japanese court of assault charges against a man involved in moving dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, in December 2011. (Kyodo)

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Taiji town, antiwhaling groups meet over dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - A man (C) from the antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society heads to a meeting with local leaders on dolphin hunting in the town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, known as a traditional whaling town, on Nov. 2, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Taiji town, antiwhaling groups meet over dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - Richard O'Barry (C), a U.S. dolphin conservationist who appeared in the Oscar-winning documentary film ''The Cove,'' holds signs to protest against dolphin hunting in Taiji town, Wakayama Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2010. Local leaders of the traditional whaling town and members of antiwhaling groups held a first dialogue on the dolphin hunt on the same day. (Kyodo)