JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Member states of the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are not meeting until September, but some African countries have already drawn their ...

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 ...

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 ...

This photo taken on December 4, 2025 shows an elephant figurine made of ivory displayed at an antiquities shop in Tokyo. [AFP] At his store in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district, Hajime Sasaki displays a ...

Thai authorities recently dealt a major blow to the illegal ivory trade, seizing 169 kilograms — roughly 370 pounds — of smuggled ivory originating from Laos. Authorities recently interrupted an ivory ...

Hajime Sasaki says there is little demand for the ivory ornaments he sells, which can legally only be bought and sold witin Japan - Copyright AFP JULIA MARETTO Hajime ...

Kenya, long at the forefront of efforts to shut the ivory trade down completely, last week torched thousands of elephant tusks and rhino horns. Proposals for the meeting in Johannesburg were made ...

The Secretariat for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has issued a cautious response to Namibia’s proposal to sell its government-owned ivory ...