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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Tomohiro OSAKI

Japan 'Regrets' Release Of Anti-whaling Activist Watson

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was arrested in July on a Japanese warrant (Credit: AFP)

Japan's government voiced dismay on Wednesday over the release of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson after Danish authorities refused Tokyo's extradition request.

The Sea Shepherd founder was arrested in Greenland in July on a Japanese warrant for damages caused during the group's high-seas battles to stop its "scientific" whale hunts in the 2010s.

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