1. What is the basis of the fear?
2. A hypothetical: If a wheat variety were genetically modified to render it highly resistant to a particular fungal disease, and this modification did not redound to the benefit of a multi-national chemical corporation, would that variety of wheat be shunned for use as food for human consumption?
The Japanese don’t strike me as anti-science and technology luddites. And there are plenty of ginormous corporations in Japan. If they wanted to GMO stuff they could very easily do it themselves. Many modern hybrids grown come from Japan. Just nothing GMO.
What do the Japanese know that our government has been bought off to overlook?