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recycling-oriented society

A society in which the distinction between production and consumption becomes infinitely smaller

8.12Tue 2025

Why Japan Needs a "Circular Forest Economy" Now: Resource Self-Sufficiency, Lifelong Growth, and a Resident-Financed Platinum Society

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 [...].

7.31Thu 2025

Forestry Agency to Hold "Wood Change 2025" at Osaka-Kansai Expo, Showcasing Best Practices Using Japanese Wood

The Forestry Agency will hold an exhibition "W [...]" at the 2025 Japan International Expo (Osaka-Kansai Expo) to introduce outstanding examples of the use of Japanese timber at the Expo.

7.25Fri 2025

Forest Circular Economy, edited by Hiroshi Komiyama, is a vision for the year 2050: Rebuilding Japan as a resource-rich nation will start with its forests.

The national challenges facing Japan today - carbon neutrality by 2050, regional sustainability, and resource self-sufficiency. These [...]...

7.19Sat 2025

Mitsubishi Chemical Group Invests in Australia's Licella Holdings to Expand Oil Conversion Business from Used Plastics and Biomass

The Mitsubishi Chemical Group is pleased to announce that its corporate venture capital subsidiary, Diamond Edge Ventures, I [...].

7.11Fri 2025

Natto (fermented soybeans) made from Japanese cypress powder is born. A recycling model that connects forests, people, and soil.

Flavor, which operates wooden bathhouses and other facilities, offers "En-natural Hinoki Natto," fermented only with natural natto bacteria living in natural solid cypress, at 7 [...].

7.10Thu 2025

Sanyo Engineering, which contributes to the circular economy of the region by turning waste wood and unused forest materials into high-quality chips for power generation, has been recognized as an excellent company.

Sanyo Engineering, a machine designer and manufacturer of shredding and sorting equipment for wood and wood waste, is participating in the Hiroshima Industrial Promotion Organization's [...]

7.9Wed 2025

Waste Cooking Oil from Homes and Stores Becomes Aviation Fuel Domestic SAF Begins to be Supplied to Regular Passenger Flights

JGC Holdings, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, All Nippon Airways, and Japan Airlines have recently announced a domestic SAF (Sustainable [...]] that uses waste cooking oil as part of its raw material.

7.4Fri 2025

Can Money Buy Carbon Neutrality? The Forest-Economy Paradox

Before we get into forestry, wood processing, and wood use, there is something to consider: the policy toward carbon neutrality in 2050 [...].

6.26Thu 2025

Industrial Initiative Activities as a Means of Implementing a Platinum Society: A Comprehensive Review of Forest Circular Economy (6)

How can we realize a platinum society (a society that is sustainable and prosperous for the planet and enables self-fulfillment for all people)? The platinum structure [...].

6.23Mon 2025

Local Production for Local Consumption of Wood, Wooden Towns, and Woody Biomass to Enrich the Region: The Challenge of Fully Utilizing Forest Resources in Western Toyama Prefecture (2)

The western region of Toyama Prefecture is surrounded by clean water and rich forests. The region is now making the most of its bounty, and is close to being self-sufficient in resources [...].

6.20Fri 2025

Oji HD and Hoshino Resort collaborate for horizontal recycling of used paper hand towels from hotels, etc.

Oji Holdings and its group company Oji Nepia have teamed up with Hoshino Resort to provide used [...] used by hotels and restaurants.

6.20Fri 2025

Reforestation and anti-hay fever measures with low-pollen cedar from Iwate Prefecture Takeei Forestry employees and local residents hold a tree-planting ceremony in Hanamaki.

Takeei Forestry recently held its second tree-planting ceremony at a clear-cut site in a company-owned forest in Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture. The company's employees planted a small amount of low-pollen pollen from within the prefecture [...].

6.16Mon 2025

Webinar to Commemorate the Launch of "Forest Circular Economy" (Webinar)
The Future Created by Forest Recycling
Thursday, July 10, 2025, 13:00-17:00

In this special seminar commemorating the first issue of "Forest Circular Economy," various people who will accelerate this "Forest Circular Economy" will present topics and hold discussions.

6.14Sat 2025

Supporting Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Using Forest Space "Forests and Futures Sustainability Award 2025" Seeking Next-Generation Business Ideas

The Forest and the Future" is a general incorporated association, and the "Forest and the Future Sustainable Award 2025" is a business idea based on the theme of "the spatial value of forest [...]...

6.6Fri 2025

Let's strive to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050 through a new forest culture and technological innovation!

We have 25 years to go until we achieve our promised carbon neutrality by 2050! We cannot achieve this goal by curbing CO2 emissions alone [...].

6.4Wed 2025

Biodiversity Becomes a New Evaluation Axis for Forestry Management: FY2024 White Paper on Forestry and Forest Products

The 2024 White Paper on Forests and Forestry was approved by the Cabinet and released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on June 3, 2024. In this year's White Paper, for the first time, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries has published the "White Paper on Forestry and Forestry for FY2024.

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