I know Australia has a similar problem with 'Patterson Curse" that it is solving with an insect from the South of France. However I also seem to remember that previous 'solutions' like this have created issues of their own - Foxes for Rabbits in Australia springs to mind.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8555378.stm
There are plenty of others waiting to take over from the Japanese knotweed should that problem be resolved though.
They are pennywort, New Zealand pigmyweed, water-primrose, parrot's feather and water fern
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8534567.stm
But maybe we are starting to step on the toes of the formerly mentioned political parties if we go down that route..








