1.30Fri 2026
Strong Cooperation among Leading Players in Industry, Government, and Academia to Fully Utilize Okayama's Forest Resources [Forest Circular Economy Symposium Report, Part 2
*Click here for the first part of the report: "Okayama Model": Transformation to a Resource Self-Sufficient Nation and Urban Wood Construction, Challenged by Industry-Government-Academia [...] Report of the Symposium on Forest Circular Economy [...
1.29Thu 2026
Satellite x AI visualization of "forest produces water" function Demonstration of forest credit enhancement through collaboration of three companies from different industries in the "Takao 100-Year Forest
Stellar Green, Sagawa Express, and Water Scape are pleased to announce a satellite [...] at the Takao 100-Year-Old Forest in Hachioji City, Tokyo.
1.29Thu 2026
Forest Circular Economy Talk Live Vol.2
Women Creating Forest Work - Practical Conference on Connecting Forests and Communities
Friday, February 27, 2026, 12:30 - 14:00, Online
In order to sustainably utilize Japan's forest resources, it is essential to make decisions and implement them on the ground, turning harvesting, utilization, and regeneration into an integrated [...].
1.28Wed 2026
The Future of Utilization of Domestic Timber and Forest Circulation, as Questioned by Familiar Waribashi Chopsticks Originating in Japan
In the 1990s and early 2000s, when global environmental issues were in the spotlight, problems such as deforestation and carbon dioxide generation were "circumscribed [...].
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1.28Wed 2026
Redesigning the entire forestry process with butterflies as the starting point Aoba and Butterfly are working on a biodiversity model.
Aoba Gumi, in cooperation with Tamas, the company behind the Butterfly brand of table tennis equipment, is working to conserve butterflies and restore their habitat throughout the forestry [...].
1.27Tuesday, 2026
A forest in the heart of Tokyo protected by a gunpowder depot and imperial estate Old trees in the Nature Education Park that tell their history
The deepest forest in central Tokyo is probably the forest in the Nature Education Park. The Nature Education Park is located on the Yamanote [...].
1.27Tuesday, 2026
Nature Positive Demonstration in a 50-hectare Gunma Forest: Hitachi Systems and Prefectural Federation of Forestry Cooperatives Visualize Biodiversity through Environmental DNA Analysis and Forest Analysis
Hitachi Systems, in collaboration with the Gunma Forest Union and Sunlit Seedlings, a Kyoto University startup, has announced the launch of a forest [...]...
1.26Mon 2026
Recommendations for High-Quality Forestry] Investment in forestry roads will increase productivity Gravel bedding is 40 cm, twice that of Japan.
*Previous column: [Austria Inspection Report] Requirements for "High-Grade Forestry" Leading to a Balance of Culture x Environment x Structure Forestry [...
1.23Fri 2026
Reading Akira Miyawaki's "Plants and Humans: The Balance of Biological Society" (Part 2)
*Previous column is here What happens if we leave the forest unattended... "Potential Natural Vegetation" Perspective Akira Miyawaki, "Plants and Humans: The Rose of Biological Society [...]" (in Japanese)
1.22Thu 2026
The "Nakami-Imai" time frame transcends the division of responsibility between the past and the future as a manner of forest circulation.
The moment we call forests "resources," the cycle begins to break down. But in the eyes of Shintoism, [...]...
1.22Thu 2026
Nagasaki Forest-Derived J-Credits Used as Logistics Fuel Kignas Sekiyu Begins Demonstration to Offset 10% of Diesel Fuel
Kignas Sekiyu K.K. has begun demonstration sales of carbon offset fuel using forest-derived J-credits created by the Nagasaki Forestry Corporation [...].
1.21Wed 2026
Mitsui Home Hokkaido to convert five police boxes into wooden structures using CLT units Mitsui Home Hokkaido contributes to decarbonization by using Abies sachalinensis and other timber produced in Hokkaido
Mitsui Home Hokkaido was selected by the Hokkaido Police Department for the "FY2025 Purchased Police Box and Police Station Development Project. Sapporo City and Eniwa [...].
1.21Wed 2026
Life Cycles of Forests and Oceans - "The Power to Read Water" in the Story of Migratory Trout
In December 2025, I translated a volume of nature writing. The trout tell the story of the river: riparian creatures, forests, and humanity [...].
1.17Sat 2026
Kawachinagano City's Challenge: Forest Circulation Model to "Protect, Earn, and Grow" Four-Party Public-Private Partnership to Create Osaka Prefecture's First Forest-Derived J-Credits
Kawachinagano City in Osaka Prefecture is working with Creation, Sumitomo Forestry, and NTT Docomo Business to create forest-based J-credits [...].
1.16Fri 2026
How to Develop "Platinum Human Resources" Resistant to Changing Times -- Making Education a Sustainable Industry through "Autonomous, Distributed, and Cooperative" Education
More than half a century has passed since the cry of "knowledge-intensive education has reached its limits," but a drastic change in the field of education has yet to be realized [...].
1.16Fri 2026
WOOD COLLECTION 2026", a Gathering of the Forefront of Domestic Timber, Expanding the Possibilities of Forest Resource Recycling to Space and DX
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will hold WOOD Collection (Moku Collection) 2026, an exhibition and business meeting aimed at expanding the use of domestic lumber, on February 12 and 1 [...].