The local government of Japans main farming region, Hokkaido, has proposed additional regional saveguards to prevent gmo free production from GMO contamination. Any GMO growing would require additional approval of the local government. No commercial GMO cultivation takes place in Japan so far, but experiments with GM soybeans and rice triggered massive opposition in Hokkaido.</p><p><a href="http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?fuseaction=newsletter&topic_id=5&subtopic_id=20&doc_id=9712">Reuters (via checkbiotech) Japan`s main farm region to tighten GMO crop rules</a>