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.
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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 [...].
7.16Wed 2025
Kumazawa Bansan, Pioneer of Japanese Forest History, was a Thinker without Discovery: Reading "Shugi Wa Sho" and "Shugi Gaisho" (Part 1)
I have read three books in this column so far, trying to get an overview of the history of the Japanese people and forests. In the process, I became somewhat curious [...].
7.15Tue 2025
Young people interested in forestry as a way of life.
Quiet changes are coming to the forestry industry. The forestry workforce is aging, and by 2020, 251 TP3T of the workforce will be over 65 years old [...].
7.15Tue 2025
Elucidating the "Profitable Structure" of Privately Owned Austrian Forests: Forest Research Institute Compared with Japanese Forestry Cooperatives
The Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, National Forestry Research and Development Institute, Japan [...] Austria and Japan share similarities in social systems and forest environment with Japan.
7.15Tue 2025
World's First Joint Project to Demonstrate Natural Capital Accounting Launched Mitsui, Nippon Paper Industries, Oji HD, and Sumitomo Forestry from Japan
How to "visualize" the value of forests through accounting? The forestry sector is collaborating internationally to incorporate natural capital into business management.