Tokyo, Dec 10, 2025 (AFP) - Japanese ivory trade attracts fresh global scrutiny

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2025-12-10

At his store in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district, Hajime Sasaki displays a disparate array of wares, from chopsticks to Buddha statues -- including many made of ivory. International trade in elephant ivory is illegal, but Japan hosts one of the world's largest remaining legal domestic markets for the product, which can only be bought and sold within its borders. It is fed with stockpiles of ivory imported before the international ban more than 30 yea......

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