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8.5Tue 2025

# Daily Life of Women in Forestry: Tohoku] Realistic transmission of large vehicles and chainsaw operation

The Tohoku region, with its vast forests, is one of Japan's leading forestry regions. A variety of tree species such as Aomori hiba (cypress), Akita cedar, red pine, and beech are found in the region [...].

8.4Mon 2025

Establishing Technologies to Utilize Lignin, Key to Realizing a Decarbonized Society: Active Research Utilizing Microbial Metabolism [Cultivating the Future through Carbon Cultivation].

Reducing dependence on oil and securing sustainable material feedstocks are essential to achieving a decarbonized society. To address this challenge [...].

7.31Thu 2025

Forestry Agency to Hold "Wood Change 2025" at Osaka-Kansai Expo, Showcasing Best Practices Using Japanese Wood

The Forestry Agency will hold an exhibition "W [...]" at the 2025 Japan International Expo (Osaka-Kansai Expo) to introduce outstanding examples of the use of Japanese timber at the Expo.

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7.30Wed 2025

Hints for Linking Tokyo 23 Wards Residents with Forests are Nature Experiences on Walks and Trips, Conditions for Expanding Use Indicated by Survey of 5,000 Residents

How do urban dwellers interact with forests? The Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute of the National Forestry Research and Development Institute [...].

7.30Wed 2025

What communication is needed to eliminate "unfortunate mountain forests" that lose value after a long harvest season

In late June, we conducted a forest survey. The local forestry association's counselor, a person who wants to sell the forest (the owner), a person who wants to buy the forest, and me. The forest owner is a high [...].

7.29Tue 2025

Wooden condominiums: 4】When asked to use wood in their living rooms, bedrooms, and other relaxing spaces, respondents said they would like to use wood in their living rooms and bedrooms.

In the fourth installment of our survey on attitudes toward wooden condominiums using a sei-katsu-sha questionnaire, we asked, "What spaces in a home would you expect to incorporate wood [...].

7.28Mon 2025

Alarmed by Excessive Building Activities that Ruin Limited Forests Reading Kumazawa Bansan's "Shugi Wa Sho" and "Shugi Gaisho" (Part 2)

*Part 1 is here Kumazawa Bansan, the pioneer of Japanese forest history, was a thinker without discovery.

7.26Sat 2025

Mizuho Lease and Green ELM to Verify Multifaceted Value Creation in Chiba, Japan, Toward "Forest Development x Finance" Utilizing Natural Forests as Natural Capital

Mizuho Lease and Green ELM have announced the launch of "Natu [...]," a solution that links companies with the multifaceted value provided by natural forests in the form of natural circulation.

7.25Fri 2025

Forest Circular Economy, edited by Hiroshi Komiyama, is a vision for the year 2050: Rebuilding Japan as a resource-rich nation will start with its forests.

The national challenges facing Japan today - carbon neutrality by 2050, regional sustainability, and resource self-sufficiency. These [...]...

7.25Fri 2025

Uncovering the structural diversity of lignin, a wood-derived raw material that is a key to replacing fossil resources [Cultivating the Future through Carbon Cultivation].

The structure of wood, with cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin as its main chemical components, is often compared to reinforced concrete. With polysaccharides [...].

7.24Thu 2025

# Daily Life of Women in Forestry: Kanto] Woodworking Workshops and Other Interactions with Local Residents

Although most people may think of mountainous regions when they hear the word "forestry," there are actually vast forests in the Kanto region as well. Tokyo and Saitama [...].

7.23Wed 2025

Cross-Industrial Collaboration of Construction and Electricity to Expand Use of Domestic Timber Cypress Sunadaya, an affiliate of Obayashi Corporation, and Chubu Electric Power Company to Build One of Japan's Largest Plants in Kushiro, Aiming to Begin Operations in 2028

Cypress Sunadaya, a group company of Obayashi Corporation, and Chubu Electric Power Company will build one of the largest lumber mills in Japan in Kushiro City, Hokkaido, and two [...].

7.22Tue 2025

Gender Perspective" Paves the Way for the Future of Forestry and Forest Products Women in Japan and abroad are contributing to regional revitalization and strengthening cooperation among local residents.

When most people think of forestry in Japan, they probably picture a man holding a chainsaw and wearing a helmet. [...].

7.19Sat 2025

Mitsubishi Chemical Group Invests in Australia's Licella Holdings to Expand Oil Conversion Business from Used Plastics and Biomass

The Mitsubishi Chemical Group is pleased to announce that its corporate venture capital subsidiary, Diamond Edge Ventures, I [...].

7.18Fri 2025

New balance of power between shippers and buyers in the lumber market based on the concept of "local economic circulation and carbon neutrality

The percentage of domestic timber in demand for lumber has recovered to over 40%. Forests that are in the process of being logged or have passed their [...].

7.17Thu 2025

Survey on Wooden Condominiums: 3] Dispelling concerns about structural performance, such as earthquake and fire resistance, is the key to widespread use of wooden condominiums.

In the third installment of our survey on attitudes toward wooden condominiums using sei-katsu-sha questionnaires, we focus on the factors that cause anxiety about wooden condominiums [...].

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