A BBC filmmaker is reportedly being deported from Japan after he claimed he was being locked up at Osaka airport and accused of being an 'eco-terrorist.'

A group of American celebrities and other activists want President Barack Obama to refuse to sign an international trade agreement until Japan bans the capture and slaughter of dolphins in the fishing town of Taiji.

Fishermen in Japan's Taiji cove began the slaughter of hundreds of dolphins Tuesday morning amid public outcry from around the world over the annual hunt.

A Japanese government spokesman has defended an annual dolphin hunt after U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy said she was “deeply concerned” by the inhumanity of the practice.

Hundreds of dolphins are being held in a cove in a quaint fishing village in central Japan, according to an international marine wildlife conservation organization.