6.4Wed 2025
Biodiversity Becomes a New Evaluation Axis for Forestry Management: FY2024 White Paper on Forestry and Forest Products
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.
6.3Tue 2025
The Key to Realization of "Profitable Forestry" is Large-Scale Production and Whole-Format Purchase: A Comprehensive Review of Forest Circular Economy (4)
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 [...].
6.3Tue 2025
LDP's "Package of Intensive Measures" to Achieve a Circular Economy Using Forest Resources
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, [...]...
6.2Mon 2025
Three Areas for Building the Future / The "Circulation Cycle" of Cutting Down Trees, Utilizing Them, and Fixing Them in Cities: A Recycling Society Supported by Japan's Forests (4)
Cutting down trees to protect forests - that's what we do. When you hear that, it may seem intuitively contradictory. But look ahead [...].
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5.31Sat 2025
Forest Conservation Activities Started at Watami Forest in Rikuzentakata City
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. [...].
5.31Sat 2025
Riopake, a construction technology that repaints existing paint without peeling it off.
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 [...].
5.31Sat 2025
Streamlining J-credit patrols with LivMap, a smartphone map application Sharing forest information in real time
LivMap, a shared map developed by Hanposaki, a geographic information management and sharing service provider, has been released as an environmental value [...].
5.29Thu 2025
Assist Suit Reduces Back Burden by 35%, Contributing to Improved Working Conditions in Forestry Workplaces
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 [...].
5.24Sat 2025
12-Story Hotel Realized with Hybrid Wooden and Steel Structure Japan Wooden Fire-Resistant Building Association to Hold Touring Seminar to Explain Advanced Urban Wood Construction Model
Caption by Hyatt Kabuto-cho Tokyo, an urban hotel under construction in Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, Tokyo, will open on June 30 [...]
5.24Sat 2025
Versatile drone capable of carrying up to 55 kg appears, a new solution to the problem of transporting in forested areas.
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 [...].
5.23Fri 2025
TRE and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to Produce "Green Methanol" from Forest Resources and Wastes
TRE Holdings and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. have announced a strategy for Japan's first commercial-scale "green methanol" production and sales business [...].
5.22Thu 2025
Oji HD Completes Construction of Japan's Largest Woody Biomass Demonstration Plant to Produce 3,000 Tons of Sugar from Wood
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, [...].
5.21Wed 2025
If we can build a consensus among the Japanese people that "forests are wonderful," a "circular forest economy" can be established.
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 [...].
5.20Tue 2025
Resource Utilization, Efficiency, Environment, and DX - The Future of Forestry with "Laser Forest Map
The vast forest resources that currently cover about two-thirds of the country's land are difficult to accurately assess in terms of quantity and quality due to their size and diversity, and forestry [...].
5.19Mon 2025
Uncovering the Two Crises Japan Has Faced Due to Excessive Logging of Forests Read "How the Japanese Have Created Forests" by Conrad Tatman (Part 1)
Tokuji Chiba's "A Study of Hageyama" shows that there was severe forest devastation during the Edo period. Then, if we look at Japanese history as a whole [...].
5.17Sat 2025
GeoChat," which enables communication in mountainous areas with no cell phone coverage, ensures safety at forestry sites.
GeoChat, a communication terminal developed by Forestsea, a provider of long-distance communication services, has been installed in the National Forestry Association [...].