Japan worried after China gets OK to import African ivory

Wednesday 16th July, 03:57 PM JST

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serindipity at 04:34 PM JST - 16th July

"Died of natural causes", eh...

Yeah, too much lead in their diet.
JeromeInJapan at 05:09 PM JST - 16th July

They them Chinese dumplings with suspicious little holes in them ment for Japan.
niku at 07:23 PM JST - 16th July

Yeah natural causes. Maybe if you eat it you can live forever!! Uneducated chinese gooses!!
presto345 at 09:17 PM JST - 16th July

108 tons of ivory. How many elephants lost their lives for that amount (through natural causes, of course)? One time auction. Sure, the elephant population has about been wiped out by now. Let China be the only bidder and after that Japan can buy what they want for marginally higher prices - but what do we want with the ivory any way?
GW at 01:22 AM JST - 17th July

presto

to make hankos............a total waste, compost the ivory in africa & let china & jpn rot on this one, neither needs this stuff
aedfed at 07:21 AM JST - 17th July

Hmm, I thought they were worried about threats to the domestic Japanese elephant population, although some of those pitiful elephants in Japanese zoos would probably choose death over their current "life."
pointofview at 12:00 PM JST - 17th July

Geez! the UN approved this? we live in a screwed up world...
TonyUS at 12:34 PM JST - 17th July

aedfred,,, well the elephants in Africa are getting the death you seem to believe is best....
Hughgarse at 12:38 PM JST - 17th July

i think there was a large manilla envelope stuffed with Yuan on this deal... they should:ve destroyed it all, not feed market that will demand more in the future, which will just resort to poaching again....
some14some at 02:31 PM JST - 17th July

May be japan is worried (though i am not so convinced) due price factor, that China may sell ivory products at the price of cheap plastic and ultimately japanese businesses may lose heavily.
motytrah at 05:03 AM JST - 18th July

I didn't think any western counties allowed the import of new ivory goods. So it seems like it they are worried; it's about the domestic market getting flooded with cheap Chinese goods.
zaichik at 08:32 AM JST - 18th July

There's a certain market in Japan for ivory products for use in tea ceremony as well (tea scoops and chaire lids)
PepinGalarga at 11:32 AM JST - 18th July

there's worldwide demand for ivory but no one dare to buy it anymore.

ivory trade in Africa contributes to a lot of corruption and poverty. It should be banned altogether.

bulls' horns is a good substitute for Ivory to use for Hanko's, i hope they are treate well though. I recently had my set made from dark wood...
choucreme at 09:08 PM JST - 18th July

South Africa's Kruger National Park has a population of about 13000 elephants. Unfortunately, the size of the park can only support about 7000 elephants so culling is sometimes necessary. I assume that some of the ivory is from culling too!
Sarge at 10:44 PM JST - 20th July

"only Japan had previously been allowed to import ( ivory )"

Well, if the rest of the world can do without ivory, I guess Japan and China can do without it, no?

Anyway, get ready for anything made with ivory to get more expensive.