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 [...]...
*Click here for the first part, which reveals the two crises Japan has faced due to over-cutting of forests Conrad Tatman, "How the Japanese [...]...
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 [...].
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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.
Japan's forest resource potential is great, but the current state of the forestry industry, which is the upstream of the supply chain, is difficult. The labor force in the forestry and lumber industry is [...].
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, [...]...
Cutting down trees to protect forests - that's what we do. When you hear that, it may seem intuitively contradictory. But look ahead [...].
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. [...].
LivMap, a shared map developed by Hanposaki, a geographic information management and sharing service provider, has been released as an environmental value [...].
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 [...].
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 [...].
Caption by Hyatt Kabuto-cho Tokyo, an urban hotel under construction in Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, Tokyo, will open on June 30 [...]
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 [...].
TRE Holdings and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. have announced a strategy for Japan's first commercial-scale "green methanol" production and sales business [...].
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, [...].
Tokuyama Corporation was founded in 1918 in Tokuyama Town (now Shunan City), Yamaguchi Prefecture, with the aim of domestically producing soda ash, which at the time was dependent on imported [...].