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O'Barry ordered deported from JapanIn this Sept 16, 2015 photo released by DolphinProject.com, Ric O'Barry poses at a cove in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture.DolphinProject.com via AP

 

Tokyo (CNN)The animal-rights activist and star of the "The Cove," which highlighted Japan's controversial annual dolphin slaughter in the town of Taiji, has been detained at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, his lawyer says.

Takashi Takano told CNN that Ric O'Barry has been detained in a deportees' facility at the airport on Monday and that he had met with the activist in the company of immigration officials. Takano was told by officials that O'Barry had tried to enter Japan on a tourist visa but his tourist status was not fully proven. Officials refused to refused to provide him with further information.

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