Japan boosts patrolling against coral poaching

Japan boosts patrolling against coral poaching

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows jewelry made of red coral at Art Coral Ginza, a shop dedicated to coral products, in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Nov. 4, 2014. The Japanese government said the same day it is stepping up efforts to deal with Chinese fishermen poaching valuable coral in Japanese territorial waters and its exclusive economic zone near the Ogasawara and Izu islands off Tokyo.

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