Japan Has Sent The Yakuza To Get Me, Dude
An Australian surfer who organized an ineffective protest against Dolphin hunting in Japan last year is convinced that Japanese fishermen have hired yakuza thugs to track him down:
Australian surfer Dave Rastovich attracted world headlines after he and conservationists including actress Isabel Lucas travelled to the Japanese fishing village of Taiji last year to protest at its annual dolphin kill.
Rastovich, the global face of surfwear giant Billabong Australia’s environmental campaigns, said the multi-billion dollar Japanese surf industry had been experiencing the “heat” for his anti-whaling activities.
He said he had been told of intimidation from Yakuza thugs – the feared Japanese mafia – who had been visiting Japanese surf shops in search of the outspoken activist.
“These are the goons from the fishing industry who are visiting surf stores intimidating people and threatening to punish them financially,” Rastovich said.
“People are feeling it. They are washing their hands of us. They don’t feel safe”.
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