Shinya Sato
United StatesfarmerMale7.0Global Dominance: 0.02%Shinya Sato is a grape grower from Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, who relies heavily on the Shine Muscat grape variety for his livelihood. He has expressed concerns about the financial impact of seed smuggling on growers like himself, particularly in light of the illegal proliferation of the variety in other countries.
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Shinya Sato, a grower in Japan’s central Yamanashi prefecture, depends on Shine Muscats and other grape varieties for his livelihood.
Asia’s fruit wars: The secretive world of plant invention and seed smugglingCNN·United States· 2026-09-19
United States· 2026-09-19
