by Adam Cruise | Mar 25, 2021 | News
By Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor African nations step up pressure on Tokyo Government to close ivory market ahead of March 29 government meeting. Letters from four African nations have been sent to the Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, pleading to protect elephants from...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 16, 2020 | News
By Richard Lloyd Parry, The Times Japan has been criticised by conservationists who say it is encouraging the illegal killing of African elephants by refusing to join a full ban on the ivory trade and tolerating loopholes that allow the sale of poached tusks. As with...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 15, 2020 | News
By ANI The Tokyo metropolitan government has established an advisory council on regulating ivory trade to examine existing domestic trading regulations, Governor Yuriko Koike said. The council was established on Friday as countries around the world have raised...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 9, 2019 | News
By Nikkei Illicit shipments continue to drive elephant poaching. TOKYO — Japan is facing growing criticism over its domestic trade in ivory, which African nations and environmental groups say encourages illegal exports and poaching of African elephants....
by Adam Cruise | Dec 6, 2019 | News
By John Frederick Walker, The Smart Set At the CITES meeting in Geneva last August, the much anticipated triennial international conference on wildlife trade got off to a rocky start. Over 30 African countries, joined by numerous NGOs, supported a resolution that...
