From Bio Journal - August 2022
MHLW to establish a research team to consider the regulation of cultured meat (Yomiuri Shimbun 2022/6/20)
Tokushima genome editing venture partners with Okinawan company (Nikkei Biotech Online 2022/7/12)
Tokushima venture company enters cultured meat market (Nikkei Biotech Online 2022/6/23)
Dr. Foods launches vegetable culture foie gras (Shokuhin Sangyou Shimbunsha (Food Industry Newspaper) News 2022/7/7)
Fuji Oil Group enters alternative meat field (Alterna 2022/7/7)
From Bio Journal - July 2022
Burgeoning biostimulant market
Gryllus launches sales of cricket confectionery
Liberal Democratic Party parliamentary alliance launched to promote cell-cultured meat
From Bio Journal - June 2022
Genome-edited tomato puree sales launched
Kidney xenotransplantation revealed (Tokyo Shimbun 2022/5/17, and others)
From Bio Journal - May 2022
mRNA vaccines create huge market for the pharmaceutical industry
Nissin Foods holds cultured meat sampling party with the University of Tokyo (Nisshin Foods Holdings, Inc. 2022/3/31)
Gryllus enters the edible cricket and feed markets (Gryllus 2022/4/15)
Launch of university-originated gene-editing plant venture (Grand Green 2022/4/13)
Osaka University and Shimadzu Corporation jointly develop cultured meat (Osaka University 2022/3/28)
Using plant-derived sugars as materials for bio-plastics applications (Nikkei Biotech Online Edition 2022/4/1)
Moderna, Inc. sued for patent infringement (Nikkei Biotech Online Edition 2022/3/10, and others)
From Bio Journal - April 2022
Development of genome-edited chickens moves forward in the world and in Japan
Development of hypoallergenic wheat using genome editing at Yokohama City University
Tokushima University venture company develops hypoallergenic crickets (Gryllus 2022/3/1)
Demand to withdraw the use of genome-edited pufferfish as a Miyazu City hometown tax return gift (Mainichi Shimbun 2022/2/22)
RIKEN develops novel gene expression technology (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, RIKEN)
Development of Designer Cells as Pharmaceuticals (Nikkei Biotech Online 2022/3/18)
Development of biofloc technology for onshore culture of genetically modified fish
Cabinet approves revision of law to simplify drug safety assessment
Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 meetings of subsidiary bodies held
From Bio Journal - March 2022
Genome-edited food companies find inventive ways to promote products
Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology to develop a genome-edited cricket (Nikkei Biotech, Online Edition 2022/1/25)
NEDO launches a genome-editing industrialization network (Nikkei Biotech, Online edition 2022/1/25)
Sushiro to develop cell-cultured tuna
Signatures demanding labelling of genetically modified seeds and seedlings exceed 210,000
From Bio Journal - February 2022
Will 2022 be the year when new applied biotech foods sweep the world?
Genome editing and development moves forward with Euglena
Increasingly active biomass production of chemical products
From Bio Journal - January 2022
Rapid commercialization of genome-edited food in Japan
It will soon be possible to distribute GM leaf mustard in Japan
Labeling of high-oleic acid soybeans changed to conform with usual GM crop labeling
Consumer Affairs Agency promises to reconsider hard-to-understand GM food labeling
Miyazu City uses genome-edited pufferfish as a return gift for hometown tax payment
Distribution of genome-edited tomato seedlings to elementary schools and facilities for the elderly
Sushiro to collaborate on joint development of genome-edited fish
Genetically modified rice cultivation tests begin in Tohoku region
