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5.22Fri 2026

Local National Universities Become Hubs for Social Implementation - Facing Local Issues with Data and Practice

He spoke at the Nikkei Regional Development Forum "Creating Wooden Town Development and Realizing Forest Circular Economy" held in Okayama City in March, where he discussed the industrial [...]...

5.21Thu 2026

From logs to wood products, reduce the "number of touches" to review the multi-step structure of commercial distribution and logistics.

It is said that lumber is a mass of transportation and logistics costs. After being felled from the forest, the logs are generally cut into 2 to 4 meter logs and then transported to the mountain soil [...].

5.20Wed 2026

Commercialization of the "Mass Balance Method" Challenged by Domestic Petrochemical Giants in Importing Bio-Naphtha - Forest Circular Economy and Chemical Industry: Companies' Efforts toward Practical Application of Biomass Chemistry (2)

Previous column: Producing Fuel and Chemical Products from Wood, etc., and Key Points for Commercialization Learned from Leading Overseas Companies - Forest Circular Economy and Chemical [...]...

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5.19Tuesday, 2026

GX-ETS Trends 2026] System Operation in Full Swing with Phase 2 Transition; Verification System and Trading Infrastructure Established for Emissions Trading Market Formation

The Emissions Trading Scheme (GX-ETS), a core component of Japan's decarbonization strategy, has moved into its second phase beginning in FY2026. The previous [...].

5.18Mon 2026

Feel "I'm alive" in the forest. The Realities of "Forest Work" as Told by Nine Women Facing Nature through Diverse Approaches [Forest Circular Economy Talk Live Report].

Online Event "Circular Forest Economy Talk Live Vol.2 Women Creating Forest Work - Practices Connecting Forests and Communities [...].

5.15Fri 2026

Exploring raw biomass (3) Modified lignin produced by "cooking" suitable for materials

Recently, I had the opportunity to enjoy a French or Japanese course meal and began to experience the depth of the culinary culture.

5.13Wed 2026

Charcoal depicted in a 1943 toddler magazine Forest resources touted as an alternative to oil during wartime

Rikugien Garden, located near Komagome Station on the JR Yamanote Line in Tokyo, is a famous garden created by Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa. In the Meiji era (1868-1912), the garden was owned by Yataro Iwasaki, founder of Mitsubishi [...].

5.12Tuesday, 2026

Targeting 70% domestic timber content and 30% increase in use of domestic timber for building materials by 2030 Accelerating implementation of non-residential and mid-rise buildings by the public and private sectors [Trends in Domestic Timber Construction 2026].

The use of domestic timber in the building sector is entering a new phase in the public and private sectors to realize a decarbonized society and to utilize local resources. in April, forest [...]...

5.11Mon 2026

Reading "Beech Belt Culture" by Takeshi Umehara et al.

The potential natural vegetation in Japan is considered to be evergreen broad-leaved in southwestern Japan and deciduous broad-leaved in northeastern Japan. The former are also called terrestrial broadleaf forests, and are known as "terrestrial broadleaf forests" [...].

5.8Fri 2026

Municipality-led Government-Hunter Collaboration Begins Wide-area Cooperation and DX to Tackle Bear and Deer Damage [Trends in Bird and Wildlife Control 2026].

In recent years, as the increase in bear appearances and damage to forestry and agriculture caused by deer and wild boars have become increasingly serious, the conventional approach of relying on "human power" in the field of countermeasures [...].

5.7Thu 2026

Forestry Education: "Growing up in the Forest, Growing up in the Forest" Forestry Education: Moving to Chigashira, a forestry area, as an alternative to "Rural Kosodate" (countryside education)

Since 2009, we have been involved in the upbringing of children and people in Chigashira-cho, Tottori Prefecture, through our activities called "Morino no Yochien" (Forest Playground). I have been involved in the development of children in the mountain village of [...].

5.1Fri 2026

Forest Resources into High-Value-Added Industrial Materials: Public and Private Sector Progress in Social Implementation Against the Backdrop of the Forestry Agency's Vision [Trends in New Wood-Based Materials 2026].

Against the backdrop of the profitability challenges faced by Japan's forest industry and social demands such as the realization of a decarbonized society, we have been working on the use of components extracted from wood resources to [...].

4.30Thu 2026

The role of the forest in mobilizing social relational capital.

*Previous column here [The Goddess's Eye View] The Economics of "Sansrei" Connecting Fragmented Forests and Cities - From Anonymous Supply Chains [...].

4.28Tuesday, 2026

How to Design the "Entrance" to Forest Services: Hinohara Village's Linkage of Small Centers to Attract Urban Dwellers

Cultural Use of Forests in Europe In recent years, the cultural value of forests, which goes beyond timber production, and the forest services that take advantage of this value [...]...

4.27Mon 2026

Forestry Agency's Implementation Vision and Private Solution Drive Forest Information Digitization [Forestry DX Trends 2026].

The move toward the digitalization of forest information and forestry management is accelerating in both the public and private sectors. In March, the Forestry Agency announced that smart forestry and new wood-based [...].

4.24Fri 2026

Trees have been in contact with us through play and healing. Reassessing their benefits in our daily lives.

Until the Showa period, many of the tools necessary in daily life, such as chopsticks, chests of drawers, and tables, were made of wood, and since long ago, people have been exposed to wood and protected by it [...].

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