The mainstay of the "circular economy of forests" is, above all, the Japanese cedar. The area of planted forests in Japan is approximately 10 million hectares, of which 441 TP3T [...].
The Paris Olympics held in 2024. The spectacular and creative staging of the opening ceremony and the success of the athletes who competed in close races are still [...].
In my edited book, "Forests and Time: A Social History of Forests in the Region," the idea of life course analysis is used as the theoretical framework that runs through the entire book [...].
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Hokkoku Bank signed a Positive Impact Finance (PIF) agreement with Mori Mirai, a timber distribution company, on October 31 [...]
The Kyushu region, with its mild and rainy climate, boasts some of the nation's best forest resources, with cedar and cypress trees thriving in the region. Oguni cedar, Hita cedar, and other high-quality [...].
In Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture, Tokyo Denki University, Kyoritsu Women's University, and Hokkai Gakuen University have collaborated to create artworks utilizing wood sourced from Tochigi Prefecture [...]
The "Ichigao Condominium Project (tentative name)" promoted by the Yokohama Municipal Housing Supply Corporation has recently been awarded the "2025 Excellent [...]" by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in November 2025, with Brazil as the [...].
Obayashi Corporation has been working on BIM (Burn Depth Calculation) for wooden structures in accordance with the Fire Collapse Prevention Performance Verification Method and the Evacuation Collapse Prevention Performance Verification Method.
NAIA, which develops the Nature Science cosmetics brand, is helping to build a cycle of sustainable use of Noto Hiba resources [...].
When you visit a shrine or temple, you may see a person placing his or her hands on a large tree that is said to be as long as a thousand years old. Trees are exposed to rain, dew, and water in the air [...].
Tokyo Tatemono is collaborating with Livanes on a project called "Moku Niwa (木庭)" (もく [...]), in which city dwellers can regenerate a natural forest while living in the city.
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Life Design Kabaya, whose core business is the sale of wooden houses, is promoting a "regional recycling-oriented housing supp [...]" promoted under an industry-government-academia collaboration in Okayama Prefecture.
Aomori University's Research Center for Comparative Environmental Thought will hold its second meeting of the 2025 academic year on October 30. This time, the Hokkaido University Agricultural [...].
The warm and humid climate of the Kinki and Chugoku regions is rich in forest resources, with coniferous trees such as Japanese cedar and cypress being produced in abundance. [...].