"Thank you everyone for your support and vigilance over the last days. Thank you to the 185,000 of you who have sent the email to the Japanese Government asking for our release, and those of you who have sent it to their friends. We have heard from our lawyers about how many emails have been sent, and it reminds us that we are not alone. Thank you also those who mounted peaceful protests and vigils at Japanese Embassies around the world calling for justice for myself and Toru and justice for the whales.' It helps us to know that so many are thinking of us and of the fate of the whales.
We STILL need your help. We have been ordered to remain in custody for a total of 23 days -- the maximum allowed under Japanese law --without being charged with any crime.
Please encourage your friends to send an email if they have not already. Keep watching for news from Greenpeace of more actions you can take and make sure that the global demand for our release and to investigate the whale meat scandal we exposed, is heard loud and clear here in Japan.
With hope and thanks"
Junichi Sato