selling ethical diamonds in Japan
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Tokyo, 2010.07.15
As our intern Koki put it, "It seems that usual Japanese do not really know or care about diamond issues."
Sadly, true. He added, "A[n Amnesty International] survey (PDF) shows that staff in 8 out of 16 diamond jewelry stores have at some point been asked about the ethical issues from their customers, but the other 8 says that they have never been asked questions about the issues."
50% of stores surveyed have never been asked about ethical issues.