News from Japan
Economy.
Bird influenza cases in Japan struck a record high after brand-new infections were verified in Chiba and Fukuoka prefectures, the farm ministry stated Tuesday. Since Tuesday, an overall of 54 cases of bird influenza were verified throughout 23 prefectures in Japan this season, according to the Ministry of Farming, Forestry and Fisheries. At a poultry farm in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, near Tokyo, a bird influenza case was verified through hereditary screening, the prefectural federal government stated, causing the culling of around 10,000 chickens at the place. Bird influenza was likewise reported at a farm that raises emus in Fuku …
Kyodo News.