Monthly Archives: May 2016

Japan Resources – No 164

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Please click here: CUJ-JR-164 for the latest issue of Consumer Union of Japan’s English newsletter, Japan Resources (pdf). The theme this time is to highlight the 20th anniversary of the No! GMO Campaign.

Contents:

From the Editors: Japan’s Anti-GMO Campaign

Event: Petition Campaign for Better Labelling of Genetically Modified Food

Event: Supporting Japanese Non-GM Soybeans

From Bio Journal:

  • GMO-Free Zone National Conference Held in Sendai
  • Ministry of the Environment releases a draft of its revised Cartagena Law

20 Years of Anti-GMO Work

Anti-GMO parade in Yokohama, March 3, 2002 during the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius meeting
Anti-GMO parade in Yokohama, March 3, 2002 during the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius meeting

Newsflash:

Five Years after the Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima

Epidemiological Studies Show a Rapid Increase in the Occurrence Rates of Thyroid Cancer