今日のテキスト SETTLEMENT WITH SEA SHEPHERD

Officials in Japan have reached a court-mediated settlement with the Sea Shepherd anti-whaling group that's based in the U.S. Representatives from Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research say the agreement permanently stops the group from obstructing Japanese whaling activities.
The institute conducts research whaling with permission from the Japanese government. Officials had filed a suit in the U.S., seeking an injunction against the Sea Shepherd's attacks on Japanese research whaling ships.
The institute says they reached an agreement earlier this month. It has the Japanese side pay a monetary settlement, while the U.S. group agrees to permanently stop the attacks.
The agreement has no legal binding for Sea Shepherd groups in Australia and elsewhere. The groups have been attacking Japanese research whaling ships in the Antarctic Ocean.