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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…

PRESS RELEASE: Threat to Critically Endangered Hawksbill Turles: Japan’s Involvement in the Illegal Tortoiseshell Trade

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05/31/2021

May 31, 2021 TOKYO—WWF, TRAFFIC and Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF) released today a report: ”SHELL SHOCKED: JAPAN&…

PRESS RELEASE: Legal Sales of Ivory in Tokyo Drive Illegal Exports

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03/25/2021

New Investigation by WildAid and the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund. Tokyo, Japan – March 26, 2021 A report released toda…

PRESS RELEASE: Japanese Retailers Willing to Sell Ivory Hanko for Illegal Export

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12/18/2020

TOKYO, JAPAN – Investigations of Japanese hanko retailers revealed that many are willing to sell an ivory product knowin…

Japan Tiger Elephant Organization

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: Threat to Critically Endangered Hawksbill Turles: Japan’s Involvement in the Illegal Tortoiseshell Trade

PRESS RELEASE: Legal Sales of Ivory in Tokyo Drive Illegal Exports

PRESS RELEASE: Japanese Retailers Willing to Sell Ivory Hanko for Illegal Export

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