The 13th International Film Festival On Organic Farming will be held on 8 December, 2019 (Sun) from 9:30 AM at the Ekoda Campus of Musashino University in Tokyo. Films from Senegal, Burkina Faso, France, and Japan will be screened (original languages/Japanese subtitles). IFOF: PARC, Japan Organic Agriculture Association, Consumers Union of Japan For more information, please see www.yuki-eiga.com
GMO Warnings by Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini in Tokyo
Consumers Union of Japan and the No! GMO Campaign invited Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini to speak about his landmark study that showed how Roundup causes cancer in rats. He warned about genetically modified foods, that are engineered to tolerate Roundup, especially GM soy and GM corn. Séralini is professor of molecular biology at the University of Caen, France, and president of the scientific board of CRIIGEN (Committee of Independent Research and Information on Genetic Engineering). The research conducted by Séralini’s team has serious implications for public health and the environment and should be addressed rationally and on scientific grounds. Gilles-Eric Séralini has run the research group that has published the most…
Gene Editing: Human Chain Outside Health Ministry in Tokyo
We held a protest action outside the Ministry of Health in Tokyo today on Wednesday, 25 September to protest against the lack of rules to deal with gene edited foods. Gene editing or genome editing may soon appear in food stores as the novel technology appears to gain ground among crops abroad. The lack of labelling in Japan is a serious problem. Some 43% of respondents to a University of Tokyo internet survey said they would not want to eat agricultural products developed with genome editing technology, according the The Mainichi Newspaper and the figure topped 53% when people were asked about whether they would eat genome-edited animal products. The…
About That Expensive F35 Fighter Jet
The Prefectural Nagoya Airport is located in a congested housing district in Komaki City. I can reach it from my home in Iwakura City in 20 minutes by car. It is next to the Komaki Base of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and nearby the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Komaki South Factory is busy constructing F35A fighter planes. They seem to have expanded the factory site recently. When talking about the F35A fighter, it is the same type of airplane which took off from Aomori Prefecture Misawa Base and crashed into the Pacific Ocean in April 2019. The cause has not yet been ascertained. We found out that the fighter plane which…
Japan Resources – No 175
Please click here CUJ-JR-175 for the latest issue of Japan Resources, our English newsletter. This year CUJ celebrates its 50th anniversary. We hope you will continue to stay updated with CUJ’s activities and news on our English website, and support our campaigns! Contents: From the Editors: Hot, Hotter & Hottest CUJ 50th Anniversary Seminar Japan-South Korea-Taiwan Joint Statement on RNA Interference Potato G20: Ban Microcapsules in Home and Personal Care Products Glyphosate in Bread Please Join Our One Million Signature Petition Campaign: “Regulate All Gene-edited Food!”