Government certification of emission reductions and absorption of CO2 and other greenhouse gases as "credits
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 [...].
2.6Fri 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 [...].
2.3Tuesday, 2026
Impact of the GX-ETS ceiling price of 4,300 yen on forest-related J-credits (Part 1) Read about changes in system design and market environment
In April 2026, the GX-ETS, a national emissions trading scheme, will begin in earnest in Japan. The first phase, in which participation was voluntary [...].
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.
1.22Thu 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 [...].
1.15Thu 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 [...].
11.8Sat 2025
Nobeoka City Demonstrates Asahi Kasei's DX System, Reducing Complex Forest-Derived J-Credit Application Workload by 90%
Asahi Kasei has recently developed a system to streamline the application process for forest-derived J-Credits. A demonstration test is underway in Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture [...]
10.9Thu 2025
Innovations in Technology for Easily and Accurately Measuring Forests Visualizing Forest Resources with a Simple Forest Measurement Tool Using a Commercially Available All-Sky Camera
In recent years, the role that forests play in the realization of the SDGs (*1) and carbon neutrality by 2050 (*2) has attracted much attention [...].
10.1Wed 2025
New Wave of Decarbonized Markets Linking Forests and Farmland Sumitomo Forestry and Green Carbon Collaborate on Nature-Based Credits
Sumitomo Forestry, which is involved in the creation of forest-based J-credits, and Green Carbon [...], Japan's largest producer of agriculture-based credits.
6.26Thu 2025
Support for forest-derived carbon credit creation and return of profits to forest owners New regional co-creation model through collaboration between NTT West Group's Co-Design Institute for Regional Development and invox
The NTT West Group's Co-Design Institute for Regional Development has recently announced that invox, a CO2 emissions calculation system [...]...
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 [...].
5.20Tue 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 [...].
4.2Wed 2025
Nippon Paper Industries and Kosai City Sign Sustainable Forestry Collaboration Agreement to Promote Zero Carbon in the Region by Creating J-Credits
Nippon Paper Industries and Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture, signed an "Agreement on Sustainable Forestry Cooperation" on March 27. The city's forestation lands under a division contract (Kosai [...]...
