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Editorial Board, Forest Circular Economy

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We aim to realize "Vision 2050: Japan Shines, Forest Circular Economy" promoted by the Platinum Forest Industry Initiative. We will disseminate ideas and initiatives to promote biomass chemistry, realize woody and lumbery communities, and encourage innovation in the forestry industry in order to fully utilize forest resources to decarbonize the economy, strengthen economic security, and create local communities.

6.14Sat 2025

Supporting Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Using Forest Space "Forests and Futures Sustainability Award 2025" Seeking Next-Generation Business Ideas

The Forest and the Future" is a general incorporated association, and the "Forest and the Future Sustainable Award 2025" is a business idea based on the theme of "the spatial value of forest [...]...

6.13Fri 2025

Toward "Profitable Forestry" through Whole-Timber Purchase Stockyards and Efficient, Labor-Saving Operations: The Challenge of Fully Utilizing Forest Resources in Western Toyama Prefecture (1)

The sound of engines of high-performance forestry machines echoes through the forests of Satoyama, where a single operator handles everything from felling to pruning and ball-cutting [...]...

6.12Thu 2025

MHI Invests in iPEACE223, Developing Technology to Produce Clean Fuels Using Bioethanol New Option for Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced that iPEACE [...], a startup with technology to produce clean fuels and chemical feedstocks from bioethanol.

6.10Tue 2025

Integrated Support for Reforestation and Management at No Cost to Forest Owners Establishment of a New Corporation, "Niigata Mountain Baton," to Restore Abandoned Forests

In Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture, where an increasing number of artificial cedar forests have reached the end of their harvesting season and are being left unplanted, forest owners can take advantage of a new project that will reduce the amount of logging and [...]...

6.5Thu 2025

Non-housing Wooden Construction Fair 2025] Focus on the latest technology to achieve larger scale and higher rise, and corporate strategies to drive market expansion.

The "Nonresidential Wood Construction Fair 2025," which brings together the latest technologies and solutions for "wood and wood construction" in nonresidential buildings, will be held on June [...]...

6.4Wed 2025

Sumitomo Forestry Company Housing, a six-story mixed wood-frame structure, is completed as a new model for medium- and large-scale housing complexes.

Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. has completed a six-story mixed wooden company housing complex in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and began using it on June 1. With a total of 46 units, this company [...].

6.4Wed 2025

Biodiversity Becomes a New Evaluation Axis for Forestry Management: FY2024 White Paper on Forestry and Forest Products

The 2024 White Paper on Forests and Forestry was approved by the Cabinet and released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on June 3, 2024. In this year's White Paper, for the first time, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries has published the "White Paper on Forestry and Forestry for FY2024.

6.3Tue 2025

LDP's "Package of Intensive Measures" to Achieve a Circular Economy Using Forest Resources

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) released its "Proposal for the Realization of a Circular Economy Based on Forest Resources" on June 2, 2012, which, along with the implementation of the revised Forest Management Control Law, [...]...

5.31Sat 2025

Forest Conservation Activities Started at Watami Forest in Rikuzentakata City

On May 28, Watami, a major restaurant company, held a forest opening ceremony and forest preservation activities at "Watami Forest" established in a city-owned forest in Rikuzentakata City. [...].

5.31Sat 2025

Riopake, a construction technology that repaints existing paint without peeling it off.

R.C.CORE, which develops the BESS brand of log houses, has announced that it has developed a new paint removal system that eliminates the need to remove existing paint when repainting wooden structures [...].

5.31Sat 2025

Streamlining J-credit patrols with LivMap, a smartphone map application Sharing forest information in real time

LivMap, a shared map developed by Hanposaki, a geographic information management and sharing service provider, has been released as an environmental value [...].

5.29Thu 2025

Assist Suit Reduces Back Burden by 35%, Contributing to Improved Working Conditions in Forestry Workplaces

Innofis, a manufacturer and seller of assistive suits, has developed the "Muscle Suit Soft-Power (R)," which reduces the burden on the user's lower back [...].

5.24Sat 2025

12-Story Hotel Realized with Hybrid Wooden and Steel Structure Japan Wooden Fire-Resistant Building Association to Hold Touring Seminar to Explain Advanced Urban Wood Construction Model

Caption by Hyatt Kabuto-cho Tokyo, an urban hotel under construction in Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, Tokyo, will open on June 30 [...]

5.24Sat 2025

Versatile drone capable of carrying up to 55 kg appears, a new solution to the problem of transporting in forested areas.

Mazex, a manufacturer and seller of industrial drones, has developed a new transport drone "Karusuke 55 (軽助55)" with a payload capacity of up to 55 kg [...].

5.23Fri 2025

TRE and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to Produce "Green Methanol" from Forest Resources and Wastes

TRE Holdings and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. have announced a strategy for Japan's first commercial-scale "green methanol" production and sales business [...].

5.22Thu 2025

Oji HD Completes Construction of Japan's Largest Woody Biomass Demonstration Plant to Produce 3,000 Tons of Sugar from Wood

Oji Holdings Corporation has constructed a pilot plant for the production of wood-derived sugar and ethanol on the premises of the Oji Paper Yonago Mill in Tottori Prefecture, [...].

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