From Bio Journal - November 2016
Situation in Consumer Affairs Agency's review of GM food labelling system
Safety review of illegal GM food additive used by Cargill begins
From Bio Journal - October 2016
Origin of Argentinian GM wheat contamination in Australia?
Vegetable oil with unapproved food additive on the market
State of GMO pollution at Nara institute of Science and Technology made clear
Japanese pufferfish shows speedy growth through genome editing (NHK 2016/9/9)
First meeting of the Japanese Society for Genome Editing
From Bio Journal - September 2016
RIKEN and others develop GM potato using RNA interference technology (RIKEN 2016/7/26)
GM silkworm pilot plant to begin operation (Nikkei Biotech 2016/7/27)
From Bio Journal - August 2016
GM papaya commingled with Australian cream cheese
Kumamoto University and Nara Medical University release GM microbes
Food Safety Commission concludes that BSE resting is no longer necessary
From Bio Journal - July 2016
Hokkaido pharmaceutical factory violates Cartagena Act
Japanese cedar pollen allergy symptom-alleviating rice to be provided to private sector
From Bio Journal - June 2016
Mass spread of GM plants at Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Japan also gives approval for manipulation of fertilized ova genes
Approval for clinical studies on xenotransplantation
From Bio Journal - May 2016
GM Pollution: Post-experiment GM petunia seeds commingled with wild strains
A renewed MAFF research organization and establishment of a new genome technology development center
From Bio Journal - April 2016
Ministry of the Environment releases a draft of its revised Cartagena Law
GMO-free zone national exchange conference held in Sendai
From Bio Journal - March 2016
GM feed additives approved by MAFF
Development of a method for direct introduction of genes into plant seeds
An epigenome edited potato that is not a GMO
