US EditionMassive Amount of "Fire Ants" Found in Container From China: 2,150 Ants Including 100 Queens and 500 Eggs, etc., Found at Yokohama Port
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Japan's Ministry of the Environment and Yokohama City said on the 27th that ants were found in a container shipped from China's Xiamen Port to Yokohama Port's Yamashita Pier on the 24th. Inspection results confirmed that they were highly poisonous "red fire ants", totaling about 2,150 red fire ants, as well as eggs, larvae, pupae, etc.
On the 27th, the Ministry of the Environment and Yokohama City announced that after examining the ants found on the 24th at Yamashita Pier in Yokohama Port, they were confirmed to be fire ants, a specified invasive species native to South America that is highly poisonous. About 2,000 worker ants, about 100 queen ants, and about 100 male ants were found in a container imported from Xiamen Port in China.
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