Resources
Please find captured here a selection of public reports, briefings, and letters related to Japan’s ivory trade. Note this list does not include briefings and letters shared privately with government officials or industry representatives.
Reports
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Ripe for Abuse: Japan's Ivory Market
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Willing to Sell: Snapshot Investigations of Ivory Hanko Retailers in Japan
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How Ivory Hanko Destroyed Africa's Elephants and Drives Japan's Illegal Ivory Trade
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Dirty Secrets of Japan's Illegal Ivory Trade
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Japan's Illegal Ivory Trade and Fraudulent Registration of Ivory Tusks
Briefings
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Reality Check: Japan’s Legal Domestic Ivory Market
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Last but Not Least: Japan's Domestic Ivory Market
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Persistent Problem: Japan's Domestic Ivory Trade
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Japan's Illegal Ivory Trade: Briefing Document for Delegates to CITES Standing Committee 69
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Superficial Reforms: An Analysis of Recent Amendments to Japan’s Ivory Control Laws
Press Releases
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Japanese Retailers Willing to Sell Ivory Hanko for Illegal Export
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EIA Calls on Japan to Urgently Close its Ivory Market: Government’s New Proposed Measures Fail to Protect Africa’s Elephants
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Investigation Reveals Hanko Demand Drives Japan’s Illegal Ivory Trade
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Fraudulent Tusk Registration Fuels Ivory Trade in Japan
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Exposed: The Dirty Secrets of Japan’s Illegal Ivory Trade
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Japanese Traders Offer Ivory Tusks to Chinese Buyers for Illegal Export
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EIA Condemns Japan’s Ivory Tusk Registration Campaign
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EIA Demands Closure of Japan’s Ivory Market Following New Evidence of Illegal Ivory Trade
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Japan’s Plan to Increase Ivory Trade Poses Threat to Success of China’s Domestic Ivory Ban
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Global Conservation Coalition Appeals to Japanese Prime Minister to Ban Domestic Ivory Trade
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Environmentalists Commend China for Closing Ivory Stores and Factories, Urge Japan to Take Similar Steps to End Ivory Trade
Letters
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Congressional Appeal for Closure of Japan’s Ivory Market 2024
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NGOs appeal to Japan's Minister of the Environment for Ivory Market Closure
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NGOs Appeal to Japan’s Prime Minister for Ivory Market Closure
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Congress Appeals Closure of Japan’s Domestic Ivory Market 2021
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Congressional Request to Close Domestic Ivory Markets
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U.S. House Of Representatives letter to Japan Regarding Ivory
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Coalition Urges Japanese Prime Minister to Ban Domestic Ivory Trade
Blogs
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Japan’s Elephant Ivory Trade: Where Are We Now?
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Japan Prime Minister Urged to Commit to Japan’s Ivory Market Closure
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Japan Targeted by Zimbabwe as Future Ivory Buyer
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Thirty Years Since the International Ivory Ban, Say Goodbye to Ivory Hanko
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Japan’s Ivory Trade Faces Intensifying Opposition at Home and Abroad
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Legal Markets Like Those in Japan Enable Traders to Launder Illegal Ivory and Frustrate Enforcement
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In Japan, the Ivory Commerce Times are a Changin’
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Japanese Wildlife Official Promoted Illegal Ivory Trade
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Japan is Revising its Law on Ivory Trade – Time to Finally Close the Market
Reports and Briefings
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Willing to Sell: Snapshot Investigations of Ivory Hanko Retailers in Japan
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Summary Briefing: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Subsidies to Ivory Industry Lobbyists
Press Releases
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Japanese Retailers Willing to Sell Ivory Hanko for Illegal Export
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One Year Out from 2020 Tokyo Games, NGOs Appeal to Tokyo Governor to End Ivory Trade
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Investigation Reveals Hanko Demand Drives Japan’s Illegal Ivory Trade
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On Eve of Tokyo Wildlife Symposium, Environmentalists Call on Japan to Ban Domestic Ivory Trade
Letters
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NGOs Urge Action from Tokyo on Ivory
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NGOs Urge Tokyo to Implement Advisory Council’s Recommendations on Ivory Trade
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NGOs Appeal for Specific Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Regulation of Ivory Trade
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NGO Appeal to the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
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NGO Appeal to Tokyo for Urgent Measures on Ivory
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Appeal to Tokyo’s Governor Koike for Ivory Market Closure
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Coalition Urges Japanese Prime Minister to Ban Domestic Ivory Trade
Blogs
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Tokyo’s Ivory Paradox: Promoting Trade While Promising Reform
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Is Tokyo Ready to Step Up to Protect Elephants from Ivory Trade?
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Tokyo Ivory Assessment Process Closes, Includes Consideration of Legal Measures to Address Ivory Trade
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Still Waiting for Action: Tokyo’s Ivory Trade Assessment
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Tokyo Fumbles Short-Term Ivory Trade Action
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Tokyo urged to resurrect ivory trade assessment
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio asks Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to support a ban on Japan’s ivory trade
Reports
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Blood e-Commerce: Rakuten's profits from the slaughter of elephants and whales
Press Releases
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Decision by Yahoo! Japan to End Ivory Sales Celebrated by Elephant Advocates
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Japan’s Latest Tokyo 2020 Supporter Leads the World’s Elephant Ivory Sales
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EIA Applauds Japan’s AEON for Elephant Ivory Phase-out
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Japan’s Internet Retail Giant Rakuten Ichiba Ceasing Ivory Sales
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Ivory Traders Linked to Yahoo! Japan Exposed in Illegal Ivory Activity
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SoftBank refuses to stop selling elephant, dolphin and whale products on Yahoo! Japan
Letters
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Request for SoftBank to End Yahoo! Japan’s Elephant Ivory Advertisements and Sales
Blogs
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End of an Era: Yahoo! Japan Ceases Ivory Sales
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Rakuten and Ivory: Success for Elephants
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Japan’s Rakuten Closes the Door on Ivory Sales
Reports
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Illegal killing for ivory drives global decline in African elephants
George Wittemyer, Joseph M. Northrup, Julian Blanc, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Patrick Omondi, and Kenneth P. Burnham
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Smugglers Source: Japan's Legal Ivory Market
Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund - JTEF
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Why Should the Japanese Domestic Ivory Market Be Closed?
Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund - JTEF
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Compelled to Close: Top 5 Reasons for Closing Japan’s Domestic Ivory Market
Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund - JTEF
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Japanʼ s Tireless Ivory Market: A Traderʼs Haven Free of Strict Controls
Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund - JTEF
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Beyond the Ivory Ban: Research on Chinese Travelers While Abroad
GlobeScan Incorporated / WWF
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Japan’s Ivory Trade in the Face of the Endangered Species Convention
Peter H. Sand
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Ivory Towers: An assessment of Japan’s ivory trade and domestic market
TRAFFIC
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Teetering on the Brink: Japan’s online ivory trade
TRAFFIC
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hat Lies Beneath: Exposing the loopholes within Japan’s control of internal ivory trade
Japan Elephant and Tiger Fund - JTEF
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The International Ban on Ivory Sales and its Effects on Elephant Poaching in Africa
Andrew M. Lemieux and Ronald V. Clarke
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Ivory Trade in Japan: A Comparative Analysis
WWF-Japan
News and OpEds
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Opinion: Japan must finally end the sale and trade of elephant ivory
James A. Baker III and Hillary Rodham Clinton, Washington Post
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Japan's ivory trade fuels illegal exports to China, Africa says
Shosuke Kato, Nikkei Asia
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African countries call for closure of Japan's ivory markets because they contribute to poaching
Lenin Ndebele, news24
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Japan continues to accelerate the decline of African elephants
Adam Cruise, Keith Lindsay and Rosie Awori, The Journal of African Elephants
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African countries call on Japan to close domestic ivory market
Xinhua
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Opinion: Seizures of ivory trafficked from Japan escalate
Amy Zets Croke, China Dialogue
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Opinion: Japan sends wrong message on ivory trade
Amy Zets Croke, Asia Times
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How Japan Undermines Efforts to Stop the Illegal Ivory Trade
Rachel Nuwer, National Geographics
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Japan is still hungry for ivory. The reason is a personal stamp called a hanko.
Simon Denyer, Washington Post
