Tag: japan

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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

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Groups call on Japan to stop buying illegal timber

A group of 16 environmental organisations are calling on Japan to put in place stronger measures to stop the trade in illegal timber, citing evidence that Japanese companies are importing timber from Samling Global, a company involved in illegal logging in Malaysian Borneo

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Join EIA on the front lines of global eco crime

The risky undercover work of the EIA is showcased in three new films to be broadcast in the UK on Nat Geo Wild. A year in the making, the films follow EIA through countries as diverse as Iceland, Japan, Vietnam, Laos, China and Kenya to chronicle new investigations into whaling, illegal logging and the ivory trade

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New fin whale export by unrepentant Iceland

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today confirmed that a further 131 tonnes of Icelandic fin whale has been shipped to Japan and renewed its call for global retailer Yahoo! to immediately prohibit the sale of the endangered species via Yahoo! Japan