Amazon.com's Unpalatable Profits, Cashing in on the Killing of Whaltes in Japan
February 2012.

EIA's new report on Amazon.com sales of whale products on their Japanese website

Yahoo! and the Sale of Whale, Dolphin and Elephant Products.
April 2010.

Yahoo! Inc., via its Japanese subsidary Yahoo! Japan, is an important corporate facilitator of the widespread commercial trade in whale and dolphin products and African elephant ivory in Japan. Yahoo! Japan Shopping and Auction sites sell more than four hundred whale and dolphine products, and thousands of ivory hanko and other ivory products. Yahoo! Japan and Yahoo! Inc., with its 34% share of the Japanese company, profit directly from the sale of whale, dolphin and elephant products, through loyalties on sales, tenancy fees and auction fees.

Open Season: The Burgeoning Illegal Ivory Trade in Tanzania and Zambia.
March 2010.

The level of illegal ivory being seized worldwide is at an all-time high as evidenced by the number of large consignments that have been seized since January 2009. In November 2008, 108 metric tons of ivory were sold in a “one-off” sale to China and Japan from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The view was that this sale would flood the two markets, thereby satisfying the demand and reducing poaching.

Famima!! FamilyMart, and the sale of whale meat in Japan
January 2010

EIA uncovered that the Japanese parent company of LA-based convenience store chain Famima!! continues to sell whale meat in cans across Japan.

China, Ivory Trade & the Future of Africa's Elephants: An EIA Briefing
July 2008

China’s rising demand for ivory to make trinkets, name seals, expensive carvings and polished ivory tusks has already
triggered increased poaching in a number of African countries, decimating many elephant populations and producing an increasingly lethal threat to many others.

We Don’t Buy It!:
Nippon Suisan, Maruha and Kyokuyo’s Continuing Support for Japan-based Whaling
March 2008.

Three Japanese companies, now with multinational operations and constituencies, bear responsibility for most of Japan’s whaling history.  As this report reveals, in 2008 they are still involved in the trade, from supplying and distributing meat to owning the Oriental Bluebird (Maruha), the boat that re-supplies the Japanese fleet in the Antarctic and transports meat back to Japan. 

Made in China: How China’s Illegal Ivory Trade is Causing a 21st Century African Elephant Disaster…
May 2007

Weak internal regulation in Chinese ivory trade has made China a major destination for newly-poached ivory.  This report highlights major seizures and source countries for ivory reaching China, and includes recommendations for the Government of China as well as the CITES Standing Committee.

Raw Deal: Kyokuyo, True World Foods and Japan’s Whale Hunts…
April 2007

Raw Deal reveals the recent partnership between Kyokuyo, one of the three companies at the helm of Japan’s whaling fleet for most of its history, and a major sushi distributor in the United States, True World Foods.

The Gorton’s Family Whale Killing Business: Gorton’s of Gloucester’s Ties to Japan’s Commercial Whale Hunts…
November 2005

The familiar yellow-slickered fisherman of Gorton’s of Gloucester is Nippon Suisan’s most profitable overseas subsidiary.  Nippon Suisan has, along with Maruha and Kyokuyo, been involved in Japan’s whaling industry for decades.