Archive for February, 2008
No! GMO Request at Australian Embassy
Keisuke Amagasa, Namiko Ono and other consumer activists visited the Australian Embassy in Tokyo on February 21, 2008 to deliver Japanese consumers’ request regarding genetically modified (GM) foods.
They asked the Australian government, on a national level, to firmly maintain a strict GM-free policy. Australia has such a valuable ecosystem, which is unparalleled in the world, so GM crops [...]
Thank you South Australia!
Consumers Union of Japan took the initiative to the No! GMO Campaign that started in 1996 as a Japanese group of citizens that were alarmed by the many problems associated with genetically manipulated (GM) food.
We were very encouraged and pleased recently as we received the news that South Australia decided to keep its GM moratorium. We wish [...]
Order Rokkasho Protest Postcards!
To order a set of four postcards, please send 400Yen as a donation to Consumers Union of Japan, along with your name and address (We will not use your address or information for any other purpose).
- The front of each card has space for you to write your message.
- The cards are pre-addressed:
1) “Prime [...]
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Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Postcard Protest
(Photo: Greenpeace Japan)
To protect our bountiful nature, food, and life, let us send a message to oppose the full-scale operation of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant.
In November 2008, the Spent-Nuclear-Fuel Reprocessing Plant in Rokkasho Village, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, is suposed to start full-scale operations. This reprocessing plant collects spent-nuclear-fuel from nuclear power [...]
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Stop GMO The Australian (pdf)
Consumers Union of Japan joined over 120 NGOs, individuals and companies that signed an advertisement published on February 7, 2008 in The Australian.
Stop Genetically Engineered food crops: Australia’s next cane toad
In recent years, a handful of multinational chemical companies have engineered new kinds of crops that could never occur in nature. These GE [...]
Press Release: Meat Dumplings Scandal
Press Release (pdf)
Food Safety Citizens’ Watch
The Chinese Meat Dumplings Scandal:
The Responsibility of the Government must be Questioned
It was reported today that five people including children in Ichikawa-shi, Chiba prefecture had been hospitalized due to food poisoning after eating frozen meat dumplings purchased in a supermarket in the same city. The organic phosphorus chemical, Methamidophos, which [...]
