Keep Moratorium on GM Canola (pdf) The No! GMO Campaign and a large number of Japanese consumer organizations, including CUJ, and other NGOs are urging Australian local governments to keep the moratorium against genetically modified crops. Japan imports non-GM canola from Australia, and Japanese consumers want Australia to stay GMO-free.
Invitation: Dioxin Pollution Forum
Agenda Updated (pdf) An international NGO Forum on Dioxin Pollution will be held in Tokyo september 1-2, 2007. There will be reports from Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, Sweden and the United States, including discussions and Q&A session. The venue is JICA Institute for International Cooperation (map) at Ichigaya, Tokyo. This forum is organized by the following NGO and NGO network (of which CUJ is a member): 1) Organizing Committee for the International NGO Forum on Dioxin Pollution, in Tokyo 2007 2) People’s Association for Countermeasures on Dioxins and Endocrine Disrupters
Demands regarding Codex GM Animals Task Force
CUJ Codex Task Force Demands (pdf) On September 24-28, 2007, the Codex Task Force will be held at Makuhari, Chiba in Japan to discuss food derived from genetically modified animals. Consumers and citizen organizations, hoping that the Codex standard will truly protect consumers, are asking the Japanese government to listen to our demands.
Rokkashomura: Call for Action
Rokkashomura Call for Action (pdf) The National Network to Stop Radioactive Pollution from the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant and Consumers Union of Japan have issued a call for action to stop the nuclear reprocessing plant at Rokkashomura in Aomori prefecture, Japan. We are making the following demands: 1) We express our views about the actual damage due to radioactive contamination, in order to avoid rumours to spread. 2) We declare that we will independently measure radioactive contamination in order to protect the natural environment and the farming industry from increased levels of pollution. 3) We declare that we will cooperate with farmers and food producers, by connecting consumers to the land.…
Protest against surveillance of peace activism
Protest against surveillance letter (pdf) On June 7, 2007 media revealed that the intelligence unit of Japan’s Ground Self Defense Force had conducted surveillance and made a detailed report about the activities of a large number of groups and individuals who worked on the issues related to the dispatch of Self Defense Force troupes to Iraqi. Consumers Union of Japan and 12 other organizations are expressing our utmost anger and cannot be patient about it anymore. We protest against the surveillance and data collection, and demand disclosure of all the facts concerning this matter. We also demand strict punishment of the responsible persons in each particular case. We demand that…