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Japan is still hungry for ivory. The reason is a personal stamp called a hanko.

Published on: Thursday 25 April 2019

The retailer AEON and the ­e-commerce site Rakuten stopped ivory sales in 2017, but Yahoo Japan has not, and online ivory sales are booming. In July 2020, Tokyo hosts the Summer Olympics, and Japan’s ...


News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/japan-is-still-hungry-for-ivory-the-reason-is-a-personal-stamp-called-a-hanko-/2019/04/25/02a26eb4-6051-11e9-bf24-db4b9fb62aa2_story.html

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