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REPORTS: “Compelled to Close: Top 5 Reasons for Closing Japan’s Domestic Ivory Market

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05/31/2019

May 31, 2019 TOKYO – Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF) released its new report: “Compelled to Close: Top 5 Rea…

PRESS RELEASE: 27 international NGOs sent a letter to the Tokyo Governor, urging prompt consideration of an ordinance for closing Tokyo’s ivory market in accordance with the recommendation by Tokyo’s expert panel

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05/16/2022

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s (TMG) designated Advisory Council on Regulation of Ivory Trade issued the final reco…

PRESS RELEASE: Tokyo Ivory Assessment Process Closes, Includes Consideration of Legal Measures to Address Ivory Trade

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04/06/2022

Environmentalists welcomed the recommendations from the designated panel of experts to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government…

PRESS RELEASE: Nations meeting next week will realize how seriously Japan lags in addressing its domestic ivory market

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02/28/2022

TOKYO (February 28, 2022)— The Standing Committee (SC) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of…

PRESS RELEASE: Tokyo Committee on Ivory Trade Regulation Could Backfire; A Recommendation to the Governor Unlikely

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02/09/2022

TOKYO (February 9, 2022)— Elephant advocates worldwide sent a letter to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to warn that the “Ad…

Donations from Sophie Hawkins

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10/15/2021

Thank you for the Donations from Sophie Hawkins, a fashion designer based in the UK! Sophie Hawkins, a sustainable fashi…

2020 Olympics Games are now over. Focus on the closure of TOKYO ivory market.

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10/13/2021

31 organizations in the world jointly sent a letter to the Tokyo Governor, Yuriko Koike to take steps to ban most elepha…

PRESS RELEASE: Japan’s Domestic Bekko Market　Dependent on Smuggled Tortoiseshell Risking the Extinction of Hawksbill Turtles

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06/30/2021

Tokyo, Japan – June 30, 2021 Tokyo, Japan – July 1, 2021 A report is released today by the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund…

Press Release: Tokyo Fumbles Short-Term Ivory Trade Action

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06/26/2021

TOKYO – Conservation, environmental and animal welfare groups bemoaned measures announced today by the Tokyo Metropolita…

Japan Tiger Elephant Organization

REPORTS: “Compelled to Close: Top 5 Reasons for Closing Japan’s Domestic Ivory Market

PRESS RELEASE: 27 international NGOs sent a letter to the Tokyo Governor, urging prompt consideration of an ordinance for closing Tokyo’s ivory market in accordance with the recommendation by Tokyo’s expert panel

PRESS RELEASE: Tokyo Ivory Assessment Process Closes, Includes Consideration of Legal Measures to Address Ivory Trade

PRESS RELEASE: Nations meeting next week will realize how seriously Japan lags in addressing its domestic ivory market

PRESS RELEASE: Tokyo Committee on Ivory Trade Regulation Could Backfire; A Recommendation to the Governor Unlikely

Donations from Sophie Hawkins

2020 Olympics Games are now over. Focus on the closure of TOKYO ivory market.

PRESS RELEASE: Japan’s Domestic Bekko Market Dependent on Smuggled Tortoiseshell Risking the Extinction of Hawksbill Turtles

Press Release: Tokyo Fumbles Short-Term Ivory Trade Action

PRESS RELEASE: Japan’s Domestic Bekko Market　Dependent on Smuggled Tortoiseshell Risking the Extinction of Hawksbill Turtles