TASAKI
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 3 November 2026 · 7 sources
Kobe jeweller known for pearl jewellery.
TASAKI can't show that the workers who make its products in Myanmar earn a living wage, which workers there are very unlikely to.
Also worth knowing
It has no full independent audit.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 2 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, unaudited production in high-risk countries and untraced high-risk mined materials. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 2 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsMost of its products are made in countries such as India and China, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- Not met: Conflict-free: diamonds, gems and gold traced to the mine, lab-grown, recycled or Fairmined (the Kimberley Process alone isn't enough)
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Made mostly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain
- Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't traceShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
From TASAKI's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories. Its list covers only part of its range. The rest is shown as where jewellery and watches are usually made.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| IndiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
| ChinaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| Japan | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
| Myanmar | No guarantee of rights | Far below a living wage | Very high |
| ThailandUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| ItalyUsual for the industry | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
| SwitzerlandUsual for the industry | Regular violations | About a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: gold and gemstone mining are linked to child labour, forced labour and mercury poisoning.
- Owns or runs its own production
- Relies on gold and gemstones from artisanal mines where workers face mercury poisoning, silica dust and deadly collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes TASAKI farms pearls at its own farms in Kujukushima, Ise-Shima and Uwajima, Japan, and makes jewellery in its own factory at its Kobe headquarters. Its subsidiary Myanmar Tasaki also runs pearl farms on Domae and Langan islands in Myanmar; shares between the two are not disclosed. TASAKI claims conflict-free sourcing of pearls, diamonds and metals but publishes no human rights policy, supplier list, audit results or living wage commitment, and is not an RJC member.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| News reporting and NGO investigations | Listed | Justice For Myanmar (2024) reported Myanmar Tasaki's production-sharing contract with sanctioned Myanmar Pearl Enterprise since 1997; Burma Campaign UK added it to its 'dirty list' in 2022. View |
| Australian Modern Slavery Register | Not covered | No Australian TASAKI entity large enough to report under the Modern Slavery Act was identified. View |
Unconfirmed reports
Credible reports that haven't been confirmed by a regulator, completed investigation or the company. They're shown for your information and don't affect the grade.
- Justice For Myanmar and Mekong Watch reported in 2024 that subsidiary Myanmar Tasaki farms pearls under a production-sharing deal with sanctioned state-owned Myanmar Pearl Enterprise, now under junta control; Tasaki did not respond. Source
- Dawei Watch reported in 2024 that Myanmar Tasaki's pearl farms in the Myeik Archipelago expanded onto land and waters used by Moken Indigenous communities; Tasaki denies any commercial ties with the military. Source
Sources and actions
Sources 7
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- Bloomberg - FountainVest, Unison acquire jeweler Tasaki for $660 million (2024) · search the archive · FountainVest Partners and Unison Capital acquired TASAKI in November 2024.
- Openers - Japanese Craftsmanship: TASAKI Jewelry (2015) · search the archive · Kobe headquarters houses TASAKI's own jewellery factory.
- Dawei Watch - Myanmar Tasaki pearl farms (2024) · search the archive · Myanmar Tasaki runs pearl farms on Domae and Langan islands; Tasaki denies military ties; Moken displacement concerns.
- Justice For Myanmar - Tasaki and investors risk complicity (2024) · search the archive · Myanmar Tasaki partnered with Myanmar Pearl Enterprise since 1997; Tasaki did not respond by July 2024.
Published by TASAKI or its owner
- TASAKI - Pearl Farm Story · search the archive · Own pearl farms in Kujukushima (Nagasaki), Ise-Shima (Mie) and Uwajima (Ehime), Japan.
- TASAKI - Corporate Profile · search the archive · Head office in Kobe; 651 employees; subsidiary of TASAKI Holdings.
- TASAKI - Store locator · search the archive · Store locator lists a TASAKI store in Melbourne, Australia.
Company details
- Owned by
- TASAKI Holdings (FountainVest Partners and Unison Capital, acquired from MBK Partners in 2024)
- Headquarters
- Japan
- Employees
- About 651
- Last researched
- 3 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is TASAKI ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/tasaki, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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