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==Tokyo Two== {{Main|Tokyo Two}} In 2008, two Greenpeace anti-whaling activists, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, stole a case of [[whale meat]] from a delivery depot in [[Aomori prefecture]], Japan. Their intention was to expose what they considered embezzlement of the meat collected during whale hunts. After a brief investigation of their allegations was ended, Sato and Suzuki were charged with theft and trespassing.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/whaling-protesters-demand-release-of-tokyo-two-20100609-xv35.html |author=Georgina Robinson |title=Whaling protesters demand release of Tokyo Two |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=9 June 2010 |access-date=11 June 2010 |archive-date=11 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611073933/http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/whaling-protesters-demand-release-of-tokyo-two-20100609-xv35.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] said that the arrests and following raids on Greenpeace Japan office and homes of five of Greenpeace staff members were aimed at intimidating activists and non-governmental organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/japan-must-respect-rights-of-detained-greenpeace-activists-20080715 |title=Japan must respect rights of detained Greenpeace activists |publisher=Amnesty.org |date=15 July 2008 |access-date=23 November 2012 |archive-date=17 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617033458/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/japan-must-respect-rights-of-detained-greenpeace-activists-20080715 |url-status=live }}</ref> They were convicted of theft and trespassing in September 2010 by the [[Aomori District Court]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yamaguchi |first1=Mari |title=2 activists convicted of whale meat theft in Japan |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-2-activists-convicted-of-whale-meat-theft-in-japan-2010sep06-story.html |access-date=3 May 2020 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=6 September 2010 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801080515/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-2-activists-convicted-of-whale-meat-theft-in-japan-2010sep06-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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