From Bio Journal - December 2024
Trend: Consumer Affairs Agency holds subcommittee to market cell-cultured meat
Consumer opinion survey on genome-edited foods (The Japan Agricultural News 2024/11/15)
Technology developed to increase or decrease gene expression by genome-editing (GRA&GREEN 2024/11/18)
Development of insects for feed by RNA interference (NARO 2024/11/1)
Development of extremely tough biodegradable plastics (ResOU 2024/10/30)
CBD COP16 ends
From Bio Journal - November 2024
Consumer Affairs Agency accepts application for genome-edited potato
Japan Airlines offers precision-fermented foods with in-flight meals (JAL 2024/9/17)
Japan's first application for fetal xenotransplantation (Yomiuri Shimbun Online 2024/9/23)
Using suma for rapid production of tuna (Nikkei Biotech 2024/10/4)
From Bio Journal - October 2024
Trend: Focus of discussions at CBD COP16
Application for field trials of GM cedar pollen rice
Kewpie makes confectionery with genome-edited eggs (Kewpie-Ohata News 2024/9/6)
Using ES cells to manufacture cultured meat (Nikkei Biotech Online Version 2024/8/21)
From Bio Journal - September 2024
Trend: Current status of genome-edited foods
EFSA evaluates GM microorganism-derived food additive as gsafeh (Foovo 2024/8/6)
Singapore lifts ban on edible insects (JETRO 2024/7/26)
Chinese company develops genome-edited high-density maize (Nikkei Biotech Online 2024/7/18)
JGC Holdings to research and develop hydrogen bacteria in Kobe (Nikkei Biotech Online 2024/7/19)
Development of genetically engineered foods by local agricultural and fishery research institutions
The Consumer Affairs Agency says it will not regulate genome editing
From Bio Journal - August 2024
Trend: Self-replicating replicon vaccines
Technology to determine the sex of chicks by eye color before hatching (Mainichi Shimbun Online Edition 2014/7/1)
Inserting a gene at a specific location in marine plants (Algal research 2024/6/30)
From Bio Journal - July 2024
Sushiro parent company shows positive attitude toward introduction of genome-edited fish (Asahi Shimbun Digital Edition 2024/6/19)
MAFF study panel holds review meeting aimed at commercialization of cedar pollen allergy-alleviating rice
Creating rainbow trout that lay salmon eggs (Science Advances 2024/5/24)
KOSÉ to offer cosmetics that use iPS cells (Nikkei Biotech Online Edition 2024/5/13)
From Bio Journal - June 2024
Spreading of petitions from municipalities to the national government demanding labeling of genome-edited food
From Bio Journal - May 2024
Trend: Food Safety Commission relaxes safety screening of GM foods and additives
US Pairwise discontinues sales of genome-edited karashina (Foovo 2024/3/4)
Human genome editing resumed in China (Mainichi Newspaper 2024/4/1)
Marketing of cultured quail meat permitted in Singapore (Nikkei Biotech Online Edition 2024/4/8)
Osaka Kansai Expo cancels cultured meat sales, and will exhibit only (The Japan Agricultural News 2024/4/16)
From Bio Journal - April 2024
Three municipal councils in Shizuoka Prefecture adopt opinions calling for genome-edited food labeling
Cultured meat disappears from Singapore market (Foovo 2024/3/6)
Korea opens applications for approval of cultured meat (Foovo 2024/2/23)
From Bio Journal - March 2024
Israel approves cultured beef
(Nikkei Biotech Online Edition 2024/1/19)
Consortium established to develop cultured meat in Europe
(Foovo 2024/2/7)
Edible insect company goes bankrupt
(Shinano Mainichi Newspaper 2024/2/1)
MAFF grants subsidies to genome-editing companies, etc.
MHLW to draft guidance on cultured meat
From Bio Journal - February 2024
Toyama genome-edited fish farm severely damaged by earthquake (Regional Fish 2024/1/19 and others)
Clinical test of eggs produced by genome-edited chickens selected as AMED research project (Kewpie-Aohata News 2014/1/18)
Precision fermenting production gets underway in earnest in Israel (Foovo 2024/1/19)
Online shop Korogi-Lab closes down (Gryllus 2024/1/17)
Non-approved GM tropical fish in illegal distribution (Ministry of the Environment 2024/1/17)
From Bio Journal - January 2024
Genome-edited eggs to go to clinical trials
(Yomiuri Shimbun Online 2023/11/24)
Genome-edited red seabream to be sold at direct sales outlets die en masse
(Nikkei Shimbun Online 2023/12/6)
Completion of notification of the third type of genome-edited fish
(Regional Fish Institute, Ltd. 2023/12/25)
Mitsui Chemicals opens biological pesticide development laboratory in Tokyo
(Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun 2023/11/27)
Soy meat food sales plummet
(Nikkei Shimbun Online 2023/12/8)
