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Japan firm claims success in artificial cultivation of low-cost, matsutake-like mushroom

Business Oct 14, 2018

Japan firm claims success in artificial cultivation of low-cost, matsutake-like mushroom

A fertilizer-maker in western Japan has claimed success in artificially cultivating bakamatsutake mushrooms — a species related to the highly prized matsutake mushroom, with a similar taste and flavor. Once mass production of bakamatsutake, whose scientific name is Tricholoma bakamatsutake, is ready, consumers will be ...

National Dec 10, 2015

Court finds son of pro-Pyongyang group chief guilty of importing North Korea mushrooms

The son of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan chief has been handed a suspended prison term for illegally importing mushrooms from North Korea. Ho Jong Do, 50, was sentenced in the Kyoto District Court on Thursday to one year and eight ...

National / Crime & Legal Jul 17, 2015

Chongryon chief's son pleads not guilty to importing 'matsutake' from North Korea

One of two men linked to the pro-Pyongyang group Chongryon have pleaded not guilty to illegally importing mushrooms from North Korea. Ho Jong Do, a son of Ho Jong Man, who heads the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), said the charges were ...

Chongryon chief's son arrested over suspected N. Korea mushroom imports

National / Crime & Legal May 12, 2015

Chongryon chief's son arrested over suspected N. Korea mushroom imports

Police arrest three men, including the son of the head of the pro-Pyongyang group Chongryon, on suspicion of illegally importing a shipment of matsutake mushrooms from North Korea.

Police search home of Chongryon leader over suspected North Korea mushroom shipment

National / Crime & Legal Mar 26, 2015

Police search home of Chongryon leader over suspected North Korea mushroom shipment

The head of the pro-Pyongyang group had his home searched by police, and two South Korean men were arrested on suspicion of illegally importing matsutake mushrooms from North Korea.

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