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Wooden and woody construction in the town

Emergence of wooden high-rise buildings utilizing CLT (Cross Laminated Timber)

6.3Tue 2025

LDP's "Package of Intensive Measures" to Achieve a Circular Economy Using Forest Resources

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) released its "Proposal for the Realization of a Circular Economy Based on Forest Resources" on June 2, 2012, which, along with the implementation of the revised Forest Management Control Law, [...]...

6.2Mon 2025

Three Areas for Building the Future / The "Circulation Cycle" of Cutting Down Trees, Utilizing Them, and Fixing Them in Cities: A Recycling Society Supported by Japan's Forests (4)

Cutting down trees to protect forests - that's what we do. When you hear that, it may seem intuitively contradictory. But look ahead [...].

5.31Sat 2025

Riopake, a construction technology that repaints existing paint without peeling it off.

R.C.CORE, which develops the BESS brand of log houses, has announced that it has developed a new paint removal system that eliminates the need to remove existing paint when repainting wooden structures [...].

5.24Sat 2025

12-Story Hotel Realized with Hybrid Wooden and Steel Structure Japan Wooden Fire-Resistant Building Association to Hold Touring Seminar to Explain Advanced Urban Wood Construction Model

Caption by Hyatt Kabuto-cho Tokyo, an urban hotel under construction in Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, Tokyo, will open on June 30 [...]

5.16Fri 2025

Forestry Revitalization Aimed at by Enhancing the Wood Cycle - Comprehensive Business Development from Construction to Finance

Sumitomo Forestry is a leading manufacturer and distributor of timber and building materials, contractor of detached houses, medium- and large-scale wooden buildings, real estate development, and wood biomass power generation.

5.14Wed 2025

Wooden office buildings and condominiums are also wooden cities are "second forests" - Forest Circular Economy General Comments (3)

With regard to new demand for woody biomass, the increase in building materials due to the development of wooden cities should also be noted. Wooden cities are "the wooden construction of towns and [...].

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