• Prospectus of Citizens' Biotechnology Information Center
  
  
  
• From Bio Journal - December 2005
  Research report on cedar pollen allergenic GM rice
  Application for new GM food additive (Nikkei Biotech 2005/10/14)
  GM maize seed contamination in Hokkaido (Japan Agricultural Newspaper 2005/10/19)
  NGO conference on GM rice development in Thailand
  Approval for Ajinomoto GM food additive
  Metropolitan Tokyo drafts GM crop cultivation guidelines
  GM regulations in Chiba Prefecture food safety by-law draft
  Shiga Prefecture survey shows residents sceptical on GM food (Kyoto Shinbun 2005/10/17)
  GM crop regulation guidelines and by-laws continue to appear in Japanese regions
  
  
  

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• From Bio Journal - November 2005
  Codex agrees to work on GM animals and GM plants
  GM alfalfa approved for feed use
  Joetsu, Niigata GM rice - silent harvest
  Cedar pollen allergenic GM rice will be tested on humans (Yomiuri Shimbun 2005/09/14)
  Suntory Ltd. apply for GM blue rose open-air trial
  Investigative commission begins work on GMO cultivation regulations for Tsukuba
  JA Chiba requests prefecture to prevent genetic pollution and contamination by GM crops
  Shimane Prefecture freezes research on GM crops for human food. (San-in Chuoh Shinbun 2005/10/05)
  Tokushima Prefecture enacts GM crop cultivation regulatory guidelines
  Japan moves towards signing of the plant genetic resources treaty (Nikkei Biotech 2005/09/12)
  MAFF requests large budget increase for promotion of GM crops (Nikkei Biotech 2005/09/12)
  MHLW begins discussions on human embryo use
  MEXT discusses pros and cons of ovum donation fees
  MAFF approves new GM rapeseed variety
  Closeup: Australian State Government sticks to non-GMO rapeseed
  
  

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• From Bio Journal - October 2005
  Trend: GM rice suit in Joetsu, Niigata - Unusual court order
  GMO Free Zone declaration - Tohoku Network
  Codex task force, unauthorized GMO to be discussed
  Bt10 contamination continues
  Director of Kyoto University Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences criticizes MEXT policy
  MAFF approves 5 items of 2 new GM crop varieties
  Closeup: Crime suspect DNA database becomes operational
  
  
  

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• From Bio Journal - September 2005
  Trend: Buffer zones focal point in Hokkaido bylaw to regulate GM cultivation
  Unapproved GM Bt10 maize also detected at Kamaishi port and Hakata port
  GM Green Pepper to prevent Alzheimer's disease (Nikkei Biotech 2005/07/18)
  "Oral vaccine" development plant to be constructed (Nikkei Biotech 2005/07/18)
  Tsukuba University starts open-air test on GM eucalyptus (Mainichi Shinbun, Ibaraki edition, 2005/07/07)
  Niigata mayors pass resolution to halt field trial of GM rice (Niigata Nippo 2005/07/22)
  MAFF approves four GM maize varieties for Type I usage
  MEXT approves two new human ES cell research programs
  MEXT invites ROK human clone embryo researchers
  Closeup: What is going to be discussed and decided at the Codex meeting in Japan?
  
  
  

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• From Bio Journal - August 2005
  Trend: GM rice R&D in now occurring worldwide
  China's response to illegally cultivated GM rice
  GM rice planted for line selection in Joetsu City
  Application for temporary injunction to suspend GM rice trial
  Cold-resistant rice to be tested in Hokkaido in 2007 (Japan Agricultural Newspaper, 2005/06/09)
  NIAS transplants cedar pollen allergenic rice
  GM somatic cell clone goat and pig born
  Human clone embryo guidelines: agreement to revise current guidelines
  Closeup: Results of a nationwide survey on alien GM canola growing wild in Japan
  
  
  

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• From Bio Journal - July 2005
  Unapproved GM maize Bt10 detected at Nagoya port
  Japan finds illegal Chinese GM rice hard to handle
  Two new human ES cell research projects approved
  300,000 person gene bank project samples pass the 130,000 mark
  No use of cells from aborted foetuses
  Review of applications for GM tree outdoor trials to begin
  Japanese government opinion on Codex Task Force
  Cartagena Protocol meeting bogged down
  Closeup: Hokuriku Research Center's multi-resistant GM rice
  
  
  

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• From Bio Journal - June 2005
  Trend - EU imposes de facto ban on GM maize from US
  MAFF reviews GM rice inter-crossing distance
  Illegal GM mouse sold
  Citizen's groups release statement on illegal mouse
  MLHW opens new research lab
  Non-approved GM rice cultivated and distributed in China
  Closeup - Recent hearings held for open-field GM crop trials
  
  

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• From Bio Journal - May 2005
  NIAS develops a co-enzyme Q10 rice
  First approval for GM alfalfa
  GM rape ban to continue in Western Australia
  USA supports but Japan opposes UN resolution to ban human cloning
  Legal regulation of personal genetic data protection postponed
  New case of leukaemia as side-effect to gene therapy
  Relaxation of safety testing procedures for GM food additives proposed
  Illegal GM rice distributed in China
  Closeup: GM crop cultivation regulation bill passes Hokkaido assembly. Researchers demand understanding for GMO research
  
  

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• From Bio Journal - April 2005
  NIES publishes results on GM canola pollution
  Codex Biotech Task Force re-opens in September
  MHLW says allergenic GM rice is a drug
  More food safety assessments for cloned cattle underway... (Nikkei Biotech 2005/02/14)
  Tsukuba city to regulate GM crop cultivation
  300,000 person gene bank to start distribution of blood and DNA samples
  Riken and the National Research Institute of Police Science start joint research on DNA identification
  Closeup: Bylaw restricting GM crop cultivation being debated in Hokkaido assembly
  
  

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• From Bio Journal - March 2005
  Use of cells from aborted fetuses likely to be postponed
  MAFF approves 13 new GM crop plants
  MEXT approves a further five programs for use of human ES cells
  Closeup: Current State of GM Crop Cultivation in Asia
  
  

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• From Bio Journal - February 2005
  Trends in Citizens' Movements against GM crops in 2005
  Rice genome sequencing completed
  Fallout from the failure of Iressa
  Cedar pollen allergenic GM rice experiment
  30% of processed foods are contaminated with GM crops
  Closeup: Why cloning techniques result in many abnormalities
  
  

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• From Bio Journal - January 2005
  New developments in GM soybean cultivation in Hokkaido (Hokkaido Shinbun 2004/12/06)
  Monsanto plans trials for GM lawn in Japan (Japan Agriculture News 2004/12/03)
  Lifting of ban on sale of somatic cell cloned beef postponed
  Strong opposition to enactment of personal genetic data law
  MAFF approves six new GM crops
  Closeup: Update on Hokkaido bylaw on GM crop cultivation
  

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