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recycling-oriented society

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

10.1Wed 2025

Sustainable Socks Developed with Upcycled Cotton and "Wooden Yarn" Made from Yoshino Cedars and Japanese Cypresses Sock Manufacturer in Nara Tackles Regional Recycling

Soki, a sock manufacturer in Nara Prefecture, has developed "wooden threads" made from Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress produced in Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, and "up [...]" recycled from scraps of wood from the manufacturing process.

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.

10.1Wed 2025

Reforestation through "Shower Climbing" Experience Playing in Forests and Rivers: Tackling Recycling-Oriented Sustainable Tourism in Yurai, Hiroshima

The Yurai Tourism and Community Development Corporation, a non-profit organization that promotes tourism and community development utilizing local resources in the town of Yurai, Saeki Ward, Hiroshima City, has been climbing a stream [...].

9.13Sat 2025

Keio Electric Railway wins Grand Prix in Forest x ACT Challenge 2025 for its cyclical efforts to link cities and forests

Keio Electric Railway won the Grand Prix (Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [...]) in the forest development category of the Forest x ACT Challenge 2025 organized by the Forestry Agency.

9.5Fri 2025

TENOHA TATESHINA Lab.", a new tourism base in Tateshina, where visitors can learn about forest cycles through "specimens, fragrance, and color" of highland plants.

TENOHA TATESH, a forest material laboratory, is a hands-on facility utilizing plants native to Tateshina, Nagano Prefecture, at an altitude of 1,300 meters [...].

9.2Tue 2025

The Conceptual Power to Connect Forests and Cities: A New Form of Construction Born of Resource Recycling

Can trees change the shape of cities? As a general construction company, we are seriously tackling such a question from the standpoint of [...].

8.28Thu 2025

Nagano-based Watahan Building Materials acquires 1,500 hectares of forestland to create a "logging, using, planting, and growing" recycling model

Watahan Kenzai Corporation, a general wood construction materials manufacturer, acquired approximately 1,500 hectares of forestland in Sendai, Iida City, Nagano Prefecture, from the Noike Airin Agricultural Cooperative Association in August [...].

8.21Thu 2025

Wearing wood and drawing wood...Experience the possibilities of domestic timber at Expo 'Wood Change 2025' in Osaka, Kansai

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.

8.13Wed 2025

Utilization of oak-deficient trees as "Sastena benches" Establishment of a new recycling system for forest resources in the tourist resort of Hakuba, Japan

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 [...].

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.

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