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GUILTY! United Nations: Japanese Authorities Breached Human Rights of Greenpeace Anti-Whaling Activists
Tokyo, February 8, 2010 -- The Japanese government breached a series of internationally guaranteed human rights by detaining two Greenpeace activists who had uncovered major corruption in the Japanese whaling programme, according to a working group of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Key Tokyo Two defence witnesses to put whaling on trial
Aomori, Japan, January 15, 2010 - The prospect of putting the Japanese whaling programme on trial and defending the principle of peaceful civil disobedience moved a step closer today. Following repeated denials of key defence evidence, the legal team for the Tokyo Two were today surprised and pleased to win the inclusion of all key witnesses.
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 Japanfs 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 gscientifich 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.
