(Kazuhiro NOGI/AFP/AFP) At his store in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district, Hajime Sasaki displays a disparate array of wares, from chopsticks to Buddha statues -- including many made of ivory.

A number of artefacts from India dating to the British colonial era are among more than 600 items stolen in a burglary at a museum in Bristol, according to Avon and Somerset Police. The items were ...