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TOKYO — Japan said today that it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel. The Sea Shepherd group has said its anti-whaling ship, the Steve Irwin, has left pursuit of Japan’s whaling fleet after chasing it for 2,000 miles and is now headed to port to refuel. Japan, which considers the actions of the Steve Irwin to be tantamount to piracy, reacted today by saying it will ask countries where the ship might make port calls to refuse it entry.
