selling ethical diamonds in Japan
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a 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.