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selling ethical diamonds in Japan

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.

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If I had my life to live over, I'd try to make more mistakes next time. I would relax, I would limber up, I would be crazier than I've been on this trip. I know very few things I'd take seriously any more. I'd certainly be less hygenic... I would take more chances, I would take more trips, I would scale more mountains, I would swim more rivers, and I would watch more sunsets. I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans. I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had to do it all over again, I'd have many more of them, in fact I'd try not to have anything else, just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of my day. If I had it to do all over again, I'd travel lighter, much lighter than I have. I would start barefoot earlier in the spring, and I'd stay that way later in the fall. And I would ride more merry-go-rounds, and catch more gold rings, and greet more people and pick more flowers and dance more often. If I had it to do all over again - but you see, I don't.

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