Authorize Foreign-Grown Shine Muscat Grapes? Agriculture Ministry Says Yes; Yamanashi Prefecture Says No

By Satoshi Sugawara and Rinka Ono
/ Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
11:35 JST,
October 25, 2025
KOFU — A high-end grape cultivar is at the center of a confrontation between the central government and concerned people in Yamanashi Prefecture. The prefecture is one of the main production areas for Shine Muscat grapes.
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