Yep, it looks to me it ran into their path.
They finally did protesteth too much. :)
What the Japanese should do is PROSECUTE them for trying to intentionally RAM their fishing boat, an act of Violence for sure. By the way the smaller more maneuverable boat is REQUIRED by LAW to give way. They chose to Ignore this and It Is Their Fault. Arrest them for Attempted Piracy.
The video I saw shows the whaling ship veering to starboard (right), then realizing they would run over the hippies boat, veered to port (left)to try and correct their ill considered tactic. This was attempted MURDER on the part of the whalers. Murder is not an acceptable response to someone throwing a stink bomb at your huge ship.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/06/18634456.php