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Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet?
Greenpeace Japan activists wear masks of Yukio Hatoyama - Prime
Minister of Japan and President Barack Obama of America. They hold a
banner reading 'The Last Whaling Voyage- Yes We Can' in front of the
Nisshin Maru factory ship of the Japanese whaling fleet. The ship is
tied up at quayside in Innoshima, Japan, Friday 6th November 2009.© Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Greenpeace
Innoshima, Japan, 19 November, 2009 -- Following a week of potentially crippling budgetary reviews and a high-profile visit from US President Barack Obama to Japan, shortly after 10am today the so-called 'scientific' whaling fleet crept out of port, as Greenpeace called for today's departure to be the programme's last.
Supreme Court rejects Tokyo Two appeal for disclosure of key evidence
©Greenpeace/Greg McNevin
Tokyo, Japan, November 18, 2009 -- The Tokyo Supreme Court today denied a special appeal for disclosure of evidence in the trial of Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, upholding a string of human rights violations committed against them and reinforcing the flawed nature of Japan’s justice system.
Greenpeace Urges Hatoyama and Obama to Keep Election Promises and End Whaling
© Greenpeace
Tokyo, Japan, November 10, 2009 -- Just 48 hours before new Prime Minister Hatoyama plays host to US President Barack Obama, Greenpeace activists unveiled a large whale sculpture outside the Japanese Diet, to remind both heads of state to uphold their respective election promises to end corruption and waste, as well as so-called “scientific” whaling. A new review of government spending in Japan is a significant opportunity to achieve both goals and in the process enable Japan to also redeem its international reputation.
Urgent Action Needed!
Write to Japan's Supreme Court to request the disclosure of key
evidence in the Tokyo Two Trial
Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, known as the Tokyo Two, are on trial for intercepting a box of whale meat as part of an investigation of an embezzlement ring within the Japanese whaling program. The Supreme Court is about to make a decision on the disclosure of key evidence that could further prove the embezzlement scandal and, in turn, the Tokyo Two's innocence.
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Greenpeace launches Supreme Court appeal for Tokyo Two
©Greenpeace/Greg McNevin
Tokyo, Japan, October 5, 2009 -- Greenpeace is taking whaling all the way to Japan's Supreme Court today, following a decision by the Sendai High Court to reject an appeal for the disclosure of key evidence in the trial of activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki.
Urgent action needed!
Support Hatoyama's pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020!
Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), has taken the unprecedented step by pledging to cut Japan's greenhouse gas emissions by 25% from 1990 levels by 2020. While many rejoice in this show of true leadership the climate issue has not seen before in a world leader from a developed country, many in the industry sector are already building a strong resistance to making the changes that are desperately needed.
Send you support now to incoming Prime Minister Hatoyama to stand firm against the opposition from industry and demand President Obama follow suit when they meet at the United Nations Summit on Climate Change on September 22nd and 23rd.
We can achieve 25% easily! The policy changes and steps needed to produce such a 25% cut on emissions by 2020 are explained in Greenpeace's Energy Scenario for Japan, published last year, available on http://www.energyblueprint.info/japan.0.html
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Tokyo Two Prosecution Continues Culture of Cover-ups
Lead counsel for the Tokyo Two defence, Yuichi Kaido, responds to journalists during the press conference following the June 17 pre-trial hearing. ©Greenpeace/Greg McNevin
Aomori, Japan, June 17, 2009 -- The latest pre-trial meeting in the prosecution of Greenpeace Japan staff members, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, has revealed information contradicting claims made by the whaling industry.
"Japan Should Terminate MOX Fuel Program" Greenpeace Japan protests the arrival of MOX fuel transport
May 10th Saga Stop Pluthermal! Hitomoji festa" (C)Green Action
Tokyo, Japan May, 2009 -- Two British-flagged vessels, the Pacific Pintail and Pacific Heron, arrived in Japan from France carrying 1.7 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium, held in 69 assemblies of MOX (mixed plutonium and uranium oxide) fuel. This is the world's largest shipment of plutonium ever undertaken.
Read More (Press release May 18th, 2009)
Japanese court to hear evidence on whale meat embezzlement
©Greenpeace/Greg McNevin
Aomori, Japan, May 15, 2009 -- The Aomori district court today delivered a setback to the Japanese government's attempts to cover up an embezzlement scandal in the so-called "scientific" Southern Ocean whaling programme. The court has agreed to hear key evidence the prosecution has fought to keep out of the trial of Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki.
Greenpeace Calls for End to Cover-ups, Lies, and Southern Ocean Whaling
2009/04/14, Shimonoseki, Japan: Greenpeace Japan activist Mai Suzuki
holds up a placard reading: "SOUTHERN OCEAN WHALING: COVER-UPS, LIES
1.2B YEN IN TAXES" in front of the factory whaling ship, the Nisshin
Maru. Greenpeace is calling for all charges against Junichi Sato and
Toru Suzuki to be dropped, and for an end to whaling in the Southern
Ocean. (c)Greenpeace
Shimonoseki, Japan, April 14, 2009 -- : Greenpeace today met the returning Japanese whaling fleet factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, with placards reading "Southern Ocean Whaling: Cover-ups, lies, 1.2 billion yen in taxes". The environmental organisation also sought to document the offloading of the ships cargo of whale meat, the by-product of the so-called scientific hunt in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, which is chopped and boxed on board the factory ship ready for market.
Tokyo Two legal proceedings update
(c)Greenpeace
Tokyo, March 23, 2009 --Greenpeace today released three key witness statements in support of anti-whaling campaigners Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki – who are facing trial for exposing a major embezzlement scandal in the Japanese government funded whaling programme.
Greenpeace Appeals Against Japanese Government Censorship
(c)Greenpeace/J.S.Hibbert
Tokyo, March 19, 2009 -- Greenpeace today lodged an appeal against government censorship, calling on the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) to release uncensored copies of whale meat sales documents obtained by Greenpeace through a 2008 Freedom of Information request.
Statement of Greenpeace USA Interim Executive Director Mike Clark on the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States
The new president at Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. (C) Greenpeace/Tim Aubry
The world has waited a long time for America to return to global leadership. Today's historic inauguration begins a moment of great potential – it is President Obama's moment to seize.
Whaling fleet attempts to sneak out of port
WHALING ON TRIAL-Innoshima, Japan(C) Greenpeace
Innoshima, Japan -- Our activists marked the departure of Japan's whaling fleet from the port of Innoshima with banners declaring "Whaling on Trial" and another in Japanese outlining the whaling operation's multi-million dollar drain on Japan's taxpayers. The fleet had attempted to leave for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary unnoticed, by canceling their traditional high-profile departure ceremony in Shimonoseki. Instead, the factory ship Nisshin Maru left with no fanfare, waved off only by the crew's families and whaling officials.
Challenge to Japan to prosecute anti- whaling activists worldwide
humpback whale(C) Greenpeace / Paul Hilton
International - Despite the moratorium on commercial whaling, the Japanese government continues to send a fleet of ships to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to kill over a thousand whales. Each season, the fleet departs for the Sanctuary and more whales needlessly die.
Game Consoles: No Consolation 
Nintendo's Wii. Sony's PlayStation 3 Elite. Microsoft's Xbox 360. They promise a whole new generation of high-definition gaming, but when it comes to the crunch, it's the same old story. As our search for greener electronics continues, it was time for the game consoles to go to our labs for scientific analysis - and all of them tested positive for various hazardous chemicals.
Read More Clash of the Consoles
Greenpeace exposes Stolen 'Scientific' Whale Meat Scandal
- Investigation by Japan's Public Prosecutors Demanded
Tokyo, May 15th 2008: A box of whale meat illicitly removed by crew of the Nisshin Maru, the whaling factory ship, following this year's Southern Ocean whale hunt was put on display by Greenpeace activists in Tokyo this morning, prior to being handed over to the Public Prosecutor's office in Tokyo as evidence of wide-scale corruption at the heart of the Japanese government-backed, sham scientific whaling operation in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
It's not too late
switch OFF Rokkasho
switch ON renewable energy NOW!
(C) Greenpeace
With its technological prowess, Japan has the skill, knowledge and opportunity to lead the world in an Energy [R]evolution. Then why is Japan still investing its time and resources in expanding its nuclear capability, even developing a plutonium fuel cycle, putting a block on a clean and safe future for the country?
Rokkasho, the infamous reprocessing plant in Aomori, on the northern tip of Japan's main island is expected to finally be given the go-ahead for full scale commercial operation. After twenty years of construction, setbacks and delays, the plant is nearing its final stage of test-operation. The last step is for the Governor of Aomori to sign a so-called "safety agreement" and give the plant's operator his seal of approval. If the Governor does not sign the agreement, Rokkasho will remain offline and Japan can start the Energy[R]evolution!
No consent, no nuclear reprocessing plant!
Send your voice to the Governor of Aomori Prefecture today!
Kyoto Protocol - Many Happy Returns!
Greenpeace projects a message 'SAVE THE CLIMATE' onto the famous local landmark 'Lange Anna' to highlight © Bente Stachowske/Greenpeace
Ten years ago on December 11th in Kyoto, Japan, we celebrated a groundbreaking international agreement by the world's Governments to reduce greenhouse gases that cause climate change. Central to that agreement was how the Governments would work together to achieve such a reduction - its aims and objectives were discussed and agreed at the third United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP3) in Kyoto in 1997; that international procedure to save the world's climate is the Kyoto Protocol.
Kyoto Protocol - Many Happy Returns!
30,313 messages from around the world ask Ministries of Defence and Environment to save the dugongs
In front of the Bureau of Defence Policy in Okinawa
Greenpeace delivered 30,313 messages from people all over the world saying "Stop the Impact Assessment and save the dugongs" to the Bureau of Defence Policy in Okinawa and to the Ministry of Environment in Tokyo.
Greenpeace ship Esperanza arrives in Okinawa bringing messages from around the world
Naha, Okinawa, 26 September, 2007 - The Greenpeace ship, MY Esperanza, and her crew arrived in Naha, Okinawa, today to join local people protesting the construction of two runways for the United States Marine Corps based at Henoko, which threatens the home and feeding grounds of the last remaining 12 dugongs in Japan.
"Two minutes of your time could save the 12 Dugongs of Okinawa forever" Save the Dugongs in Okinawa, Stop the Air Base
A plan to build an airstrip for US marines over a delicate reef in Okinawa is now underway. If built, the airstrip will destroy the underwater ecosystem of Henoko - home and feeding grounds of the last 12 dugongs left in Japan. (Deadline 26th September, 2007)
Press release
Send your messages now to stop the air base, save the Dugong
NGO's demand the IAEA stop misleading the international community and TEPCO improve transparency
NGOs demanded that there be greater international accountability from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) improve its transparency surrounding the impact of the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant. (September 7, 2007)
