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 [...
1.22Thu 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 [...].
1.17Sat 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 [...].
1.15Thu 2026
Chugoku Bank and Bi-Will take on the challenge of "J-Credit for local production for local consumption": Circulating the value of forests in Okayama, Hiroshima, and Shimane through finance
Bi-Will recently began offering J-credits for a new financial product developed by the Chugoku Bank. Created in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions [...].
1.13Tuesday, 2026
The Okayama Model": Transforming Japan into a Nation Self-Sufficient in Resources and Urban Wood Construction, Challenged by Industry, Government, and Academia [Report on the Symposium on Forest Circular Economy, Part 1
While issues such as stagnant demand for domestic lumber and a shortage of forestry leaders are becoming apparent nationwide, the company boasts the nation's largest production of Japanese cypress and has a CLT (direct [...]].
12.1Mon 2025
Implementation Strategy for the "Forest Circular Economy" Advancing in Okayama — The "Okayama Model": Collaboration Between Local Timber, CLT, and Universities [December 22 Symposium]
The environment surrounding the forestry industry is becoming increasingly challenging, with factors such as sluggish demand for domestic timber and population decline. On the other hand, decarbonization and economic security perspectives [...]
11.22Sat 2025
Goto Connect Carbon Credits Program Launches to Value Regional Circulation and Biodiversity Goto City and Four Private Partners Sign Agreement
Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, is collaborating with four private entities—iForest, Somabayashi, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., and the general incorporated association Mitsumeru Tabi—on a joint project titled "Goto [...]"
11.13Thu 2025
Human resources with "hands on" skills will drive the future. Pioneering the age of AI and robotics by restructuring technical colleges and vocational education.
Now that generative AI provides knowledge instantly, it is becoming harder to create value simply by "knowing". Today, society needs [...].
11.1Sat 2025
Hokkoku Bank Signs Positive Impact Finance Agreement with Mori Mirai Providing Financial Support for Sustainable Timber Procurement and Distribution
Hokkoku Bank signed a Positive Impact Finance (PIF) agreement with Mori Mirai, a timber distribution company, on October 31 [...]
10.30Thu 2025
Students Create Art Forest with Timber from Tochigi Prefecture Project Seeks New Use of Local Resources in Collaboration with Three Universities
In Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture, Tokyo Denki University, Kyoritsu Women's University, and Hokkai Gakuen University have collaborated to create artworks utilizing wood sourced from Tochigi Prefecture [...]
10.28Tue 2025
Innovative Nature of TFFF, Brazil's Tropical Forest Conservation Fund at COP30: A Hint for the Future of Community Forest Management in Japan
The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in November 2025, with Brazil as the [...].
10.3Fri 2025
Structuring and Networking Knowledge" to Solve Humanity's Challenges Needle-sharp specialized knowledge into collective knowledge with generative AI
Humanity is currently facing two essential crises. One is the CO2 problem (e.g., climate change), which concerns the very foundations of the Earth's survival [...].
9.11Thu 2025
How to Create the Future Beyond the Walls of the Law Purpose and Courage Change Society
Every day we live under a variety of laws and regulations. At first glance, these rules restrict our behavior and present us with new challenges [...].
9.2Tue 2025
CGC of the University of Tokyo launches "Nature on the Balance Sheet," an industry-academia collaborative project to reflect natural capital in corporate accounting. 4 companies including Oji HD and Sumitomo Forestry participate in the project.
The University of Tokyo's Global Commons Center (CGC) recently launched the CGC-NBS Sponsorship Project, an industry-academia [...]
8.28Thu 2025
New Foundation Launched to Nurture and Support "Nature Planners," Entrepreneurs Connecting Natural Capital and the Economy
The "Nature Planner Foundation" fosters and supports "nature planners," entrepreneurial human resources who create new value together with nature [...].
