5.28Thu 2026
# Daily Life of a Forestry Girl] Long Sleeves Required Even in Extreme Heat: Equipment and Ingenuity Supporting Summer Jobsites
Forestry is a work that faces nature and is therefore strongly affected by the climate. Especially in the summer, work continues in the hot and humid forests, and the body [...]...
5.27Wed 2026
How to compensate for the "one man-made" situation in the field: The next issue in smart forestry will be labor-saving technologies such as drones for transporting saplings.
The focus of forestry DX is beginning to expand from the advancement of forestry information to the safety and labor saving of field work. In the past, smart forestry [...].
5.26Tuesday, 2026
Yamaha Motor Opens Mountain Bike Park Forest Utilization Expands to Regional Development and Human Resource Development [Trends in Forest Space Services 2026].
The value of Japan's abundant forest resources is not limited to traditional lumber production. In recent years, they have been used for health, education, tourism, and even corporate human resources [...].
5.22Fri 2026
Local National Universities Become Hubs for Social Implementation - Facing Local Issues with Data and Practice
He spoke at the Nikkei Regional Development Forum "Creating Wooden Town Development and Realizing Forest Circular Economy" held in Okayama City in March, where he discussed the industrial [...]...
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5.21Thu 2026
From logs to wood products, reduce the "number of touches" to review the multi-step structure of commercial distribution and logistics.
It is said that lumber is a mass of transportation and logistics costs. After being felled from the forest, the logs are generally cut into 2 to 4 meter logs and then transported to the mountain soil [...].
5.20Wed 2026
Commercialization of the "Mass Balance Method" Challenged by Domestic Petrochemical Giants in Importing Bio-Naphtha - Forest Circular Economy and Chemical Industry: Companies' Efforts toward Practical Application of Biomass Chemistry (2)
Previous column: Producing Fuel and Chemical Products from Wood, etc., and Key Points for Commercialization Learned from Leading Overseas Companies - Forest Circular Economy and Chemical [...]...
5.19Tuesday, 2026
GX-ETS Trends 2026] System Operation in Full Swing with Phase 2 Transition; Verification System and Trading Infrastructure Established for Emissions Trading Market Formation
The Emissions Trading Scheme (GX-ETS), a core component of Japan's decarbonization strategy, has moved into its second phase beginning in FY2026. The previous [...].
5.18Mon 2026
Feel "I'm alive" in the forest. The Realities of "Forest Work" as Told by Nine Women Facing Nature through Diverse Approaches [Forest Circular Economy Talk Live Report].
Online Event "Circular Forest Economy Talk Live Vol.2 Women Creating Forest Work - Practices Connecting Forests and Communities [...].
5.15Fri 2026
Exploring raw biomass (3) Modified lignin produced by "cooking" suitable for materials
Recently, I had the opportunity to enjoy a French or Japanese course meal and began to experience the depth of the culinary culture.
5.13Wed 2026
Charcoal depicted in a 1943 toddler magazine Forest resources touted as an alternative to oil during wartime
Rikugien Garden, located near Komagome Station on the JR Yamanote Line in Tokyo, is a famous garden created by Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa. In the Meiji era (1868-1912), the garden was owned by Yataro Iwasaki, founder of Mitsubishi [...].
5.12Tuesday, 2026
Targeting 70% domestic timber content and 30% increase in use of domestic timber for building materials by 2030 Accelerating implementation of non-residential and mid-rise buildings by the public and private sectors [Trends in Domestic Timber Construction 2026].
The use of domestic timber in the building sector is entering a new phase in the public and private sectors to realize a decarbonized society and to utilize local resources. in April, forest [...]...
5.11Mon 2026
Reading "Beech Belt Culture" by Takeshi Umehara et al.
The potential natural vegetation in Japan is considered to be evergreen broad-leaved in southwestern Japan and deciduous broad-leaved in northeastern Japan. The former are also called terrestrial broadleaf forests, and are known as "terrestrial broadleaf forests" [...].
5.8Fri 2026
Municipality-led Government-Hunter Collaboration Begins Wide-area Cooperation and DX to Tackle Bear and Deer Damage [Trends in Bird and Wildlife Control 2026].
In recent years, as the increase in bear appearances and damage to forestry and agriculture caused by deer and wild boars have become increasingly serious, the conventional approach of relying on "human power" in the field of countermeasures [...].
5.7Thu 2026
Forestry Education: "Growing up in the Forest, Growing up in the Forest" Forestry Education: Moving to Chigashira, a forestry area, as an alternative to "Rural Kosodate" (countryside education)
Since 2009, we have been involved in the upbringing of children and people in Chigashira-cho, Tottori Prefecture, through our activities called "Morino no Yochien" (Forest Playground). I have been involved in the development of children in the mountain village of [...].
5.1Fri 2026
Forest Resources into High-Value-Added Industrial Materials: Public and Private Sector Progress in Social Implementation Against the Backdrop of the Forestry Agency's Vision [Trends in New Wood-Based Materials 2026].
Against the backdrop of the profitability challenges faced by Japan's forest industry and social demands such as the realization of a decarbonized society, we have been working on the use of components extracted from wood resources to [...].
