Venomous fire ants found in central Japanese inland city

Venomous fire ants have been found in cargo taken to a warehouse in an inland city after it was unloaded at nearby Nagoya port in central Japan, the Aichi prefectural government said Monday.The presence of the aggressive and invasive species, native to South America, was confirmed for the first time in Japan's inland area, said the Environment Ministry, suggesting that fire ants may have started spreading to wider areas of the country.The prefectural government, together with the ministry's regional office, has searched the warehouse in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, and the cargo container tha…READ FULL ARTICLE