Elephant locations in Japan

64 locations has kept elephants in Japan

There is presently 95 (22,69) living elephants in locations in Japan in this database

Japan
Region:	Japan is in this database included in asia
Location holdings:	64 locations has kept 199 elephants in Japan (Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations	95 (22,69) living 104 (24,73) dead

1939: At the beginning of WW2 there was about 20 elephants in Japan.
1945: Only two elephants survived the war.
2009: 12 African elephants were born in Japan so far, in five different zoos:
Gunma, Hyogo, Tokyo (Tama), Iwate and Ehime.
2009: The Asian population at December 31 was 14.50 = 64 asian elephants.
2013-02-29: At present there are 73 Asian elephants at 37 facilities in Japan. Of these, 8 elephants are from Sri Lanka.

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Japan. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2025) available online retrieved 2025-11-18 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Japan.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources, among others

CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS IN JAPAN: CENSUS AND HISTORY, by Kako Y. Yonetani, available online at https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1114&context=elephant&fbclid=IwAR0VyyZ3nkLRaPIAchBApElPriQekh4KWfl39-X-yWR4kx1OJsvnqaWyLZE

Internal relevant links

The elephant database startpage. Statistics
News about elephants in Japan (From the sister site Elephant News)

Name	Elephant collection					Place

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