Japan Resources No. 141 (pdf)
Japan Resources No. 141
CONTENTS:

Food Irradiation Opposition Letter
Codex Comments
Request: South Australia to Continue Moratorium on GM Crops
International Dioxin Forum
Codex Task Force Report and Comments
Statement: Continue GM Moratorium!
The Opposition Movement to GMOs in Japan
“Keep GM ban or face revolt, say Japanese”

GMO Statement (pdf)
Statement: Japanese Consumers Request Australian State Governments to Continue GM Moratorium
(October 12, 2007)

We, Japanese consumers, believe that we are now standing at a critical crossroads in assuring our food safety, because the Australian moratorium on genetically modified crops might be lifted.
Australia is today the only country that can supply GM-free canola to food-importing [...]

Codex Task Force Report and Comments (pdf)
Codex Task Force Report and Comments:

By Yasuaki Yamaura, Consumers Union of Japan

The Codex Task Force meeting on Biotechnology has ended and the current round of the discussions is over. Japanese consumers are concerned about the issues under discussion regarding food from GMO animals as well as the GM contamination [...]