November 29th, 13:29 on the Tokyo Aomi Pier
On the 28th at Aomi Pier in Koto-ku, Tokyo, over 500 new fire ants were found. Since the queen ant with feathers has been found so far at Aomi Pier, the Ministry of the Environment will continue to investigate and proceed with the removal.
According to the Ministry of the Environment, Hiari was found in the container yard of Qinghai Wharf. On the 28th, an operator who had conducted an emergency survey of Hiari confirmed that there were over 500 cracks in the cracks in the ground pavement.
On the 28th, there was no queen ant, but in September and last month, there were more than 50 queen ants that had wings and could breed.
The Ministry of the Environment believes that the size of the fire ants found this time was different, so they were not born from the queen ants, but were newly brought in overseas containers.
At the press conference, Mr. Koizumi stated, “At the moment, experts have not judged that Hiari has become established.
The Ministry of the Environment will continue to investigate and decide to disinfect the poisonous bait twice a month until the end of March next year.