Tokyo 2 Conviction Upheld by Sendai Court

Junichi Sato (wearing dark suit), Executive Director of Greenpeace Japan, is accompanied by Defense counsel Yasushi Tadano (in blue shirt). Arrive at Sendai Court to hear his appeal verdict for the 'Tokyo Two' court case in which Junichi Sato and colleague Toru Suzuki stood trial for trespass and theft of a box of whale meat.

Unique identifier: GP02GAV

Type: Image

Shoot date: 12/07/2011

Locations: East Asia, Japan, Sendai

Credit line: © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Tokyo 2 Conviction Upheld by Sendai Court

Known as the Tokyo Two, Sato and Suzuki were convicted of “theft and
“trespass” by the Aomori District Court in September 2010, after they exposed broad scale embezzlement in Japan’s whaling industry, The court rejected all of the arguments presented by the defence and upheld the convictions handed down by the Aomori court.

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