Japan to return Australian whaling activists

Three anti-whaling activists who boarded a Japanese address will be handed over to an Australian community ship, Australian baton Julia Gillard said.The men from the Forest Rescue Australia accumulation could accept faced accuse beneath Japanese law.They boarded the Shonan Maru No 2 aboriginal on Sunday, about 26km (16 miles) off the west bank of Australia.We acknowledge the Japanese government for their cooperation in this matter," Ms Gillard said through a spokesman.However, she warned, it should not be affected that ''individuals will not be answerable and bedevilled in the future''.Activity of the attributes undertaken by these three Australians is unacceptable,'' she added in a statement.The men, all from Western Australia, were called as Geoffrey Owen Tuxworth, 47, Simon Peterffy, 44, and Glen Pendlebury, 27. Forest Rescue said in a account that the leash boarded the barge to anticipate it from tailing a address acceptance to anti-whaling accumulation Sea Shepherd.That ship, the Steve Irwin, was on its way aback to the Southern Ocean, area Japanese behemothic ships coursing at this time of the year, afterwards convoying a damaged barge aback to Australia.