Oct 23 (Japan Today) - Two activists were arrested Sunday on suspicion of obstructing a dolphin show by diving into a pool during the performance at a zoological theme park in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, police said.
Petrus Johannes Martinus Janssen, a 32-year-old Dutch national, was engaged in monitoring the hunting of dolphins in Taiji, a well-known whaling town in the prefecture, for about a week from Oct 11, the police said.
Janssen then briefly left Wakayama. He returned on Saturday, bringing with him Kirsten De Kimpe, a 23-year-old Belgian national.
According to the police, the two were allegedly watching the show from the spectators' seats when they suddenly dived into the pool during the show and raised a placard, protesting the dolphin killing in Taiji. Their action stopped the afternoon show at Adventure World in Shirahama.
