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Australian anti-whaling activists call for boycott of Japanese firms

Australian conservation groups have joined a global grassroots campaign to boycott Japanese products Friday in the latest bid to pressure Japan to stop whaling. Anti-whaling activists from Australia's east coast, the Bryon Whale Action Group and Surfers... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Jan 25 2008

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