2.26Thu 2026
What is the Bottleneck of Forestry Operations in Japan? The Key to Cost Reduction is Dedicated Forestry Roads and Forest Consolidation Strategies [Austria Inspection Report: Recommendations for High-Quality Forestry].
*Previous column: [Austria Inspection Report: Recommendations for High-Quality Forestry] Investment in Dedicated Forestry Roads Boosts Productivity Sand [...
2.25Wed 2026
Nobeoka City sells 1,000 tons of forest-derived J-credits to the general public nationwide at 8,000 yen/ton, cultivating large-scale demand with discounts of up to 20%.
Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, is inviting companies and organizations from all over Japan to apply for "forest-derived J-credits" generated through the maintenance of city-owned forests.
2.25Wed 2026
The Historical Significance of Disposable Chopsticks Originating in Japan: The Edo Period Eating-Out Culture Supported by the Use of Sugi (Japanese Cedar)
Disposable chopsticks were born in Japan. Therefore, among countries where chopsticks are mainly used for eating, the use of disposable chopsticks is one of the features of Japanese [...].
2.25Wed 2026
Mitsui Fudosan and Nippon Paper Industries to Plant "Clean Larch" Seedlings in Hokkaido, Japan, with a 7-20% Increase in CO2 Fixation Capacity
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. have jointly developed seedlings of the new "Clean Larch" variety, which has high CO2 fixation capacity, in the forests owned by the two groups in Hokkaido, [...].
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2.21Sat 2026
SMBC to use branches and leaves from company-owned forests for fragrance cards, creating new value in collaboration with Estee
Estee and SMBC will utilize oil extracted from branches and leaves of thinned cypress trees generated in SMBC's company-owned forest, the "SMBC Forest," to [...]
2.18Wed 2026
The "Teshin" Theory of Restoring Return as a Manner of Forest Circulation
*Previous columns are here [From a Shinto priest's perspective] As a manner of forest circulation, we transcend the division of responsibility between the past and the future in the "middle and present" time frame.
2.17Tuesday, 2026
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Completes Construction of Rental Apartments with Hybrid Wooden Structure in Shinagawa, Proposing Wooden Well-Being and Decarbonization
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, with technical cooperation from Shimizu Corporation, completed construction of a rental condominium "Primal Shinagawa Oimachi" in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, in February [...].
2.16Mon 2026
Rethinking Wooden Construction from the Field: 3] Streamlining Processes in an Era of Labor Shortages: Four Conditions for the Spread of Wooden Construction
The first article summarizes the construction advantages that wood construction has against labor shortages and skill saving, and the second article discusses the advantages that wood construction has against on-site [...].
2.14Sat 2026
Revision of Building Standards Law Expands Use of Wood in School Construction Mitsui Home Builds Wooden Extension to RC School Building at Fukushima Junior High School
Mitsui Home and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. have completed a two-story wooden junior high school building addition at Sakura no Seibo Gakuin Elementary and Junior High School in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture [...].
2.13Fri 2026
Demonstration at a Wooden Convenience Store Made of 100% Timber from Tochigi Prefecture 7-Eleven Promotes Local Production for Local Consumption and Decarbonization at its Standard-Style Stores
Seven-Eleven Japan has opened a "7-Eleven Utsunomiya Shinmachi 1-chome [...]" that uses 100% lumber produced in Tochigi Prefecture, from structural materials to interior design.
2.12Thu 2026
Maate, Kanaate...Why does Ishikawa Prefecture's tree "Ate" have several names? Formation of a regional timber brand as seen in Noto Hiba (Hiba spicata)
It is known that the names of plants have regional characteristics (dialects) and are related to the history of how the species was introduced and used as a resource [...].
2.10Tuesday, 2026
Japan was a "Land of Photosynthesis" - A Vision for a Society Supported by Forests and the Sun by 2050
Today, political divisions are deepening, especially in Europe and the United States, and existing values such as democracy and liberalism are being shaken. Against this backdrop, [...]...
2.10Tuesday, 2026
Sanki Kogyo to Purchase 16,000 Tons of Forest J-Credits over 8 Years in Okuizumo Town, "Home of Tatara," for Corporate GX and Forestry Promotion
Bi-Will, Okuizumo Town in Shimane Prefecture, and Sanki Kogyo have signed a collaboration agreement to utilize forest-derived J-credits generated by Okuizumo Town [...].
2.9Mon 2026
Turning Unused Wood into Energy: Hita City's Woody Biomass Strategy and Implementation of Forest Recycling
About two-thirds of Japan's land area is forested. The forested area amounts to about 25.02 million hectares (as of the end of March 2022), of which [...].
2.6Fri 2026
The Impact of the GX-ETS Maximum Price Limit of 4,300 yen on Forest-based J-Credits (Part 2) Background to Price Setting and the Forest Industry's Imperative to Redesign its Strategies
*Previous column is here Impact of GX-ETS ceiling price "4,300 yen" on forest-based J-credits (Part 1) System design and [...].
2.5Thu 2026
# Daily Life of a Forestry Girl] The Realities of a New Way of Working in the Forest, Using High-Performance Machinery
In recent years, the introduction of high-performance forestry machinery in the forestry industry has greatly improved work efficiency and safety. For example, from felling trees to ball [...].