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This is the old English website of Japan Offspring Fund (1998-2006).
The new updated website can be found on the following link:
http://japanoffspringfund.wordpress.com/
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July 2009
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U.S. admits beef inspection failure after Japan halts imports (January
21,2006, Kyodo News)
IACFO participates in Codex Task Force meeting about GM foods (September 19-24, 2005)
Internet Radio from Codex meeting 19-23 Sept. 2005
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"IACFO
codex blog" open!
Blog
report from Codex Alimentarius food safety meetings |
Martin
Frid News From Japan
Video:
Danger! Antibiotic Resistance
Japan Offspring Fund has produced a documentary in order to
change the situation in Japan, where antibiotic resistant
bacteria are continuing to increase. Title: "Danger for
you life! Antibiotic resistance on the rise". The video/DVD
has two parts, with focus on medical use as well as the risks
associated with food. |
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Green Growth
5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the
Pacific, 2005
Update:
Please click
here for the Seoul Statement of MCED Civil Society Forum 2005
Will Japan
ever become tobacco-free?
Asthma
And Vacuum Cleaners(Sankei Shimbun Jan. 6, 2005)
Testing Vacuum Cleaners
Supersize Me documentary opens
in Japan on Dec. 25, 2004
Feud Ferments Between Soy Sauce
Makers(Sept. 21, 2004)
IACFO participates at
Codex meeting in South Korea (Sept. 7-10, 2004)
Soy
sauce (San Francisco Chronicle) (Aug. 25, 2002)
Japan
Offspring Fund 'Working for Future Generations' (June 17,2004)
POINT OF VIEW/Natsuko Kumasawa:Savvy
consumers can better weigh food risks
(IHT/Asahi:
June 12,2004) (06/12)
STOP
PCB Pollution Project (updated April 10,2003)
Blood Flow to Brain Changes
with Radio-wave Exposure(Kyodo News, Aug.19,2003)
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Newsletter
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- News 185(September, 2004)
- News 184(August, 2004)
- News 157(May, 2002)
- News 153(January, 2002)
- News 141(February, 2001)
- News 138(October,2000)
- News 136(August,2000)
- News 131(March,2000)
- News 130(February,2000)
- News 126(October,1999)
- News 125(September,1999)
- News 119-120(March/April,1999)
- News 118(February,1999)
- News 117(January,1999)
- News 116(December,1998)
- News 115(November,1998)
- News 114(October, 1998)
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Japan Offspring Fund - Our activities and ideas
Endocrine Disruptors, Nano-Technology
Genetically Engineered/Modified Food
- Demonstration against GM Rice
(Nov. 2004)
- Mainichi
Shimbun, Purists Say Genetically Modified Natto Stinks (Nov.
2003)
- Reuters/Taipei
Times, Tokyo steps forward to lead GM food debate (Sept. 18,
2001)
- Labelling of genetically engineered
food in Japan started on April 1, 2001
- GM Corn "Starlink"
Found from Cornmeal Sold in Japan (Oct.2000)
- Major soy sauce makers start
genetically modified (GM) labelling
- Flyer "Questions about GMOs, No.1",
published July 2000.
- Reuters/Planet
Ark, Japan to take initiative in calming consumer fears (Nov
18, 1999)
- Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, Seeds of Doubt (March 1999)
- First participation in OECD meeting
as a consumer group Appeal for abolition of the concept of "substantial
equivalence"
- Voices from the USA.
- The
Los Angeles Times, Japanese Choke on American Biofood (March
1999)
- The largest victory in the history
of consumer GM crops campaigning defeated
- Trading companies, manufacturers
and retail stores start taking action
- Monsanto is put in a very difficult
position
- Let's deliver consumers' opinions
to the food industry
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Codex Alimentarius Commission
Food Irradiation, Antibiotics, BSE, Containers,
and Other Food Safety Issues
Post-harvest Pesticides, Organic Agriculture
Housing Environment, Electromagnetic
Fields
International Project
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Japan
Offspring Fund(JOF) is a consumer group and environmental NGO established
in 1984. We have researched issues involving the safety of daily
life, including chemical residues, endocrine disruptors, and genetically
engineered food. 
