Environmentalists staged a rally in Tokyo Saturday to
protest the start of Japan's annual dolphin hunt, which was made infamous by an
Academy Award-winning documentary.
The rally organiser, Action for Marine Mammals, said it was
one a number of demonstrations taking place around the world this weekend ahead
of the season's hunt in the Japanese fishing village of Taiji.
About 50 activists gathered in central Tokyo carrying
banners that read: "Stop the slaughter."