Junichi Sato , colleague face charges after finding corruption in Japan 's whaling industry . Sato : He and Toru Suzuki were held , questioned , often taped to chairs , for 23 days . Sato says Japan uses guise of `` scientific research '' to slaughter whales . Sato : The Japanese government has been caught falsifying data on whale hunting by the International Whaling Commission.
Junichi Sato , colleague face charges after finding corruption in Japan 's whaling industry . Sato : He and Toru Suzuki were held , questioned , often taped to chairs , for 23 days . Sato says Japan uses guise of `` scientific research '' to slaughter whales . Sato : As IWC does nothing , Iceland , Norway and Japan kill 30,000 whales .