Biomass, which lexically refers to the amount of living organisms (bio) (mass), as opposed to fossil resources such as oil and coal [...].
The most familiar "mass products of forest origin" around us are probably paper and paperboard. Notepads, newspapers, wrapping paper, [...].
In my previous column, I wrote that Japanese chopsticks were originally "not a tool for carrying our food" and that "the material is made of wood [...].
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The Forestry Agency is holding an exhibition "Wo [...]" at the Future Life Village at Expo 2010 Osaka-Kansai to introduce outstanding examples of the use of Japanese lumber.
As I write this on August 12, it is raining again in Hokuriku. The previous week, heavy rainfall had flooded the roads in Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture, and caused self [...].
I am interested in the forestry industry in Germany. There are three reasons for this. One is that Germany is a country that has realized cultivated forestry alongside Japan. And [...].
Lignin is a major component of woody and herbaceous biomass, along with cellulose, but its non-regular and heterogeneous chemical structure [...].
The starting point of the "circular forest economy" is forest management and forestry operations. How to develop and secure the leaders of the forestry industry is the same as other industries [...].
Deforestation and degradation of the world's forests have become a serious problem (*1). In response to this situation, the international community is developing new regulations [...].
Hakuba Iwatake Mountain Resort, a member of the Japan Ski Resort Development Group, in cooperation with Yuasa Lumber and the North Alps Forestry Association, has announced a new ski resort in Nagano Prefecture [...].
On August 27, a publicly owned and operated "Tankyu Distillery" opened in Higashikawa Town, Hokkaido. Making use of local agricultural products and forest resources [...].
Total demand for lumber has been declining for a long time, especially for construction lumber, the main use of domestic lumber, which has shrunk due to the number of single-family housing starts and demographic [...].
Machida City, Tokyo, and Tamagawa Gakuen signed a new business collaboration agreement on August 12 to utilize and recycle trees in the city as resources [...]
As Chairman of the Platinum Initiative Network and former President of the University of Tokyo, I have long been thinking about the future of Japan. Now, the world [...].
phoneme, which offers unique apparel both domestically and internationally, uses "mokito" (wood thread), which is made from unused thinned wood, for its T-shirts [...]...
Sinanen, an energy solutions company, has partnered with Aoba-gumi, a company that specializes in afforestation and forestry, to develop a forest in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, which is managed by Aoba-gumi [...].