International Jewellery Fair Tokyo 2016 (IJT), one of the biggest exhibitions of its kind, which was launched on January 20, concluded on January 23 at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center (Tokyo Big Sight), Japan. This was the 27th such event and more than 1,200 exhibitors and 30,000 buyers visited the event. A wide variety of products in the jewellery industry were exhibited under one roof in the world trend-setting city, Tokyo. Director, Export Services and Marketing Rohan Perera said that Sri Lanka is one of the countries that exports best quality gem stones to overseas markets. “Sri Lankan blue sapphire, is considered one of the best in the world and it has a very high demand from all over the world. Since the Chinese market is down it is high time to focus on the lucrative Japanese market, which is now on the recovery path Former director, Export Development Board Ashan Refai said that Sri Lanka had exported more than US$ 700 million worth of gems and jewellery in 2015 and there will be a further boost due to the increase of tourist arrivals into the country, which will directly benefit the gem and jewellery sector.