Last month, the Japanese research foundation Institute of Cetacean Research and the Japanese firm Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd. secured a U.S. District Court injunction against Watson and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, according to the institute's website.

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"Right now we can say that in spite of all this traffic and population, there are still dolphins trying to stay in this area, " says Dr. Ayaka Ozturk, a Japanese marine biologist with the Turkish Marine Research Foundation.

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Kumi Okoe, a Japanese television commentator and fellow at Washington's Heritage Foundation, said every one of Japan's electronic and print media outlets has a team on the campaign trail.

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As well as the British, the Japanese have promised photographic equipment, the Greeks will rebuild one wing, the Asian Foundation will develop an inventory, and the Americans have pledged more money for a restoration department.

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