CUJ JR 151 (pdf) Japan Resources No 151 After a long, record-hot summer, temperatures have dropped again to more normal levels here in Nishi-Waseda, Tokyo. At the same time, our work to prepare for the COP10/MOP5 biodiversity conference in Nagoya is heating up… Feel free to download the pdf file and print it for your library. – Editors Contents: Recent Food Activism in Japan CUJ: Annul and Scrap the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and the Japan-U.S. Status-of-Forces Agreement We Oppose the Introduction of Full-Body Scanning at Japan’s Airports CUJ: Local Energy Production For Local Energy Consumption CBIC Closeup: Is It Necessary To Slaughter Cattle And Pigs That Have Foot-and-mouth Disease? Getting…
Press Release: Soybean Trust Movement Conference Declaration
12 years of campaigning for more domestic soybeans in Japan Soybean Field Trust Movement: Nationwide Meeting in Shinjo, Japan Press Release: Conference Declaration Today, we have returned to Shinjo City in Yamagata Prefecture 12 years after the Soybean Trust Movement was launched here in this wonderful furusato (rural) environment. The Soybean Trust Movement responded to the appearance of genetically modified soybeans that were imported from the United States. The aim has been to raise awareness among both farmers and consumers regarding how we can jointly raise Japan’s low self-sufficiency rate. Over the past 12 years we have made every effort to make safe soybean foods available to all consumers,…
Protect Biodiversity in Nagoya
Protect biodiversity from living modified organisms at MOP5 in Nagoya! Read updates here: Nagoya 2010 Japan Citizens’ Network for Planet Diversity (JCNPD) is a nationwide network for citizens who are working on protecting our food crop diversity from living modified organisms. We started this network in order to act on the United Nations’ major meeting to be held in Nagoya, October 2010, for the Protocol on Biosafety (also called Cartagena Protocol) which regulates the international trade of organisms modified by modern biotechnology (living modified organisms). We want the meeting in Nagoya to define rules to protect consumers and the environment. The rules will be a crucial element of the global…