Tag: amazon-japan

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SoftBank won’t end Yahoo! Japan ivory & whale sales

Wildlife advocates expressed bitter disappointment today at the refusal of international conglomerate SoftBank Corp to ban advertisements for elephant ivory and whale & dolphin products on Yahoo! Japan, the dominant company in SoftBank’s internet division with revenues of nearly US$4 billion in 2012

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Amazon confirms policy to ban whale & dolphin products

Internet giant Amazon has officially banned the sale of whale and dolphin products from its wholly owned Japanese website following outrage that they were offered for sale after we revealed Amazon Japan not only sold products from endangered and protected whale species but also containing dangerous levels of mercury

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Amazon.com removes whale products from Japan website

Internet giant Amazon appears to have removed all whale products from its wholly owned Japanese website Amazon Japan overnight, following worldwide publicity that scores of whale products were offered for sale, some from endangered and protected whale species and other products containing dangerous levels of mercury

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Amazon.com profits from slaughter of whales

Internet marketplace giant Amazon is called on to stop supporting commercial whaling by immediately and permanently banning the sale of all products from whales, dolphins and porpoises following the revelation that Amazon Japan, the wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon Inc, sells hundreds of cetacean food products