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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.

rand()m quote

I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

—Terry Pratchett (as Lord Vetinari)