From Greenpeace blog "Making Waves"
The good news is that one of the ships in Japan's whaling fleet has been deflagged by Panama and it must search for a new nation to register it. Some think that Japan will have to accept it as one of its own. That much I understand, I think.
The bad news is that a new Japanese boat, like a coast guard, will be traveling with the fleet. That doesn't sound good at all.
And two Japanese anti-whaling activists are still held under house arrest.
Read details at "Whaling vessel Oriental Bluebird de-flagged! ".