Japan to bolster IP protections for prized new fruit, vegetable varieties
Food & Beverage
Shine Muscat seedlings were leaked to China and South Korea, hurting growers
China’s Shine Muscat cultivation area is estimated to be nearly 30 times larger than Japan’s. (Photo by Takayuki Takanaga)
TOKYO — Japan will establish a public-private organization this summer to protect new varieties of fruits and vegetables developed here, hoping to prevent the unauthorized overseas cultivation that befell its prized Shine Muscat grapes.
