1、 THIS REPORT CONTAINS ASSESSMENTS OF COMMODITY AND TRADE ISSUES MADE BY USDA STAFF AND NOT NECESSARILY STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL U.S.GOVERNMENT POLICY Required Report:Required-Public Distribution Date:December 19,2025 Report Number:JA2025-0072 Report Name:Biotechnology and Other New Production Technolo
2、gies Annual Country:Japan Post:Tokyo Report Category:Biotechnology and Other New Production Technologies Prepared By:Suguru Sato Approved By:Erica Summe Report Highlights:This report provides the latest status of consumption,regulation,public perception,research,development,production,government pol
3、icy,and use of agricultural biotechnology in Japan.In general,Japan uses a science-based regulatory approach for evaluating and granting approval for import and production of genetically engineered products.Japan is a major importer and consumer of products derived from biotechnology,but domestic pr
4、oduction of agricultural crops from biotechnology remains extremely limited.Japanese regulators have established handling procedures for genome edited food and agricultural products.Nine genome edited products developed by Japanese and American companies have completed the necessary consultation and
5、 notification processes,four of which are being produced and distributed in the domestic market.Useful Acronyms AMC:Agricultural Material Committee CAA:Consumer Affairs Agency CAS9:CRISPR Associated Protein 9 CRISPR:Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats FAMIC:Food and Agricultura
6、l Materials Inspection Center FSC:Food Safety Commission GE:Genetically Engineered GOJ:Government of Japan IP:Identity Preservation,Identity Preserved JETRO:Japan Export Trade Organization JFY:Japan Fiscal Year LMO:Living Modified Organisms MAFF:Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry,and Fisheries MEXT:Mi