12.5Fri 2025
Shochu Lees and Coffee Grounds Nurture Miyakonojo's Forests Kirishima Shuzo, Starbucks, Miyakonojo City, and more trees Launch Resource Recycling Project
Kirishima Shuzo and Starbucks Coffee Japan will open a collaborative facility, "KIRIS [...]," scheduled to open in January 2026.
12.5Fri 2025
【#: The Daily Lives of Women in Forestry】 Women Entrepreneurs' Challenge for Sustainable Forests and Communities
The forestry industry has long been dominated by “hereditary” and “family-run” businesses, and starting a business from scratch remains a minority practice even today. This is especially true for female entrepreneurs [...]
12.4Thu 2025
Bringing "Margao," a Resource Sleeping in the Satoyama, to the Table as a Domestic Spice Oisix and the Japan Institute of Forestry: A Challenge Connecting Food and Forests
Oisix Ra Daichi, operator of the food subscription service "Oisix," is researching edible plants lying dormant in Japan's satoyama landscapes [...]
12.4Thu 2025
The Sustainability of Aromatic Plants Supported by the World's Forests — The Perspective of Dominique Roque, a Fragrance Sourcer Whose Father Was a Forester
Let us take a look at Dominique Rake's work and character. For 30 years, he has traveled the globe in search of aromatic plants as a fragrance procurer [...]
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12.2Tue 2025
"Forest Time" Questions Modern Society: Beyond Braudel's Historical Time Structure
Fernand Braudel and Geographical Time Fernand Braudel, the leading figure of the Annales School and a French historian, in his monumental work The Mediterranean [...]
12.2Tue 2025
Retorting at room temperature to solve the problem of gibier distribution: Toyo Seikan and others challenge a new circulation model for utilization of wild birds and beasts.
Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, in collaboration with Tsuji Culinary School and the Japan Ghibier Promotion Association, has developed a retort pouch that utilizes retort technology to [...]
12.1Mon 2025
Implementation Strategy for the "Forest Circular Economy" Advancing in Okayama — The "Okayama Model": Collaboration Between Local Timber, CLT, and Universities [December 22 Symposium]
The environment surrounding the forestry industry is becoming increasingly challenging, with factors such as sluggish demand for domestic timber and population decline. On the other hand, decarbonization and economic security perspectives [...]
11.29Sat 2025
Sendai Port Biomass Power Plant, Japan's Largest Dedicated Wood Biomass Facility, Begins Commercial Operation Four Companies from Different Industries Collaborate to Contribute to Regional Renewable Energy Supply and Carbon Neutrality
Sendai Port Biomass Power LLC, jointly funded by Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo Gas, Hokuriku Electric Power, and Sumitomo Corporation Tohoku, is constructing [...] in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
11.28Fri 2025
The Future of Forest Management Revealed by the Japanese Cedar That Survived Across the Japanese Archipelago Reading Tomitaro Toyama's "The Path of the Cedar: Supporting the Lives of the Japanese People" (Part 2)
※Previous column here: "Easy to Split" Cedar Built Japan: Reading Tomitaro Toyama's The Path of Cedar - Supporting the Lives of the Japanese People ( […]
11.22Sat 2025
Goto Connect Carbon Credits Program Launches to Value Regional Circulation and Biodiversity Goto City and Four Private Partners Sign Agreement
Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, is collaborating with four private entities—iForest, Somabayashi, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., and the general incorporated association Mitsumeru Tabi—on a joint project titled "Goto [...]"
11.20Thu 2025
The warmth of wood that has accompanied eating: The power of food-related utensils to appeal to the senses
In the past, Japanese dining tables were surrounded by wood. Nowadays, tables are also made of glass, plastic, and other material variations [...].
11.20Thu 2025
Forestry Agency Adds Wood Utilization Carbon Storage to SHK System 207 Organizations Participate in "Forest Nation, Wood Town" Declaration
The Forestry Agency is moving toward reflecting the amount of carbon fixed in buildings through wood utilization in greenhouse gas emissions calculations under the SHK system (Sustainable Housing and Construction [...]
11.19Wed 2025
Forest Circular Economy Talk Live Vol.1
How to Revive Local Forests: Learning from the Right Tree in the Right Place, Born of the French Forestry Industry
Friday, December 12, 2025 20:00-21:30｜Online
The "Forest Circular Economy Talk Live" program will be held in conjunction with practitioners involved in the forest industry and regional economies, sharing their wisdom and practical examples of dealing with issues in the field.
11.18Tue 2025
Transforming the Forestry Industry with Data and Connecting the Region with Circulation: The Challenge of Shibata Sangyo, Iwate [Platinum Forest Industry Initiative Lecture] (Japanese only)
Why hasn't productivity in the forestry industry increased? As labor shortages and costs continue to rise, how can we change the structure of the forestry industry and how can we maintain it as a regional industry?
11.17Mon 2025
Geothermal Power Generation: A Circulation Model of Local Production for Local Consumption New Possibilities for Forest Resources Demonstrated by the Independence of Minami-Kayabe and the Cooperative Model of Okuhida
In the domestic geothermal power industry, small- to medium-scale, self-sustaining models have begun to emerge. The symbolic examples are Minami-Kayabe in Hokkaido and Okuhida in Gifu [...].
