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Escaping COVID-19: When you can’t see the virus for the trees

Lifestyle Dec 12, 2020

Escaping COVID-19: When you can’t see the virus for the trees

by Alex K.T. Martin

Individuals are replacing forestry companies and large corporations in efforts to buy plots of affordable forestland — but for a very different reason.

Made in central Japan: Chubu bets on Tokyo Olympics to boost sales of local produce

National | Regional voices: Chubu Jan 10, 2020

Made in central Japan: Chubu bets on Tokyo Olympics to boost sales of local produce

With the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics taking place this year, prefectures in the Chubu region are eager to make the sporting event an opportunity to promote their local produce. In the village of Higashishirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, whose land is 90 percent covered by mountainous forests, ...

Problematic forestry management law

Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Jun 24, 2018

Problematic forestry management law

New policy stacks the deck in favor of big business.

National Jan 3, 2018

Forestry industry has growing appeal for Japan's young women

by Megumi Iizuka

The lure of nature and a slower pace of life are attracting a growing number of young women to Japan's traditionally male-dominated forestry business, and their participation may help it cope with an aging workforce and a shortage of manpower. Junko Iizuka, a 33-year-old graduate ...

Japan's farm output to take ¥150 billion hit after new Pacific trade deal's effects kick in: estimates

Business Dec 20, 2017

Japan's farm output to take ¥150 billion hit after new Pacific trade deal's effects kick in: estimates

Japan's agricultural, forestry and fisheries output will suffer by up to ¥150 billion ($1.3 billion) once the effects of an 11-member Pacific Rim free trade agreement kick in, according to government estimates obtained by Kyodo News on Tuesday. The anticipated loss in output is smaller ...

Emperor and Empress visit central Japan forest managed by British-born author C.W. Nicol

National Jun 6, 2016

Emperor and Empress visit central Japan forest managed by British-born author C.W. Nicol

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Monday paid a visit to woodland restored by British-born writer and environmentalist C.W. Nicol in Nagano Prefecture. The couple took a stroll in Afan Woodland in the town of Shinano, with the Emperor asking Nicol the names of various ...

Editorials May 1, 2016

Cracking down on illegal logging

Draft legislation to combat the import of illegally logged timber lacks the teeth needed to be effective.

NPO backs global certification for Minamiaizu's sustainable forests

National | FUKUSHIMA FILE Aug 17, 2015

NPO backs global certification for Minamiaizu's sustainable forests

In the town of Minamiaizu in southwestern Fukushima Prefecture, local efforts are gathering steam to promote its rich forestry resources to the world by obtaining global certification for quality woodlands. To that end, the nonprofit organization Minamiaizu Mori Network is playing a key role in ...

Women armed with chain saws head to the hills under Abe's growth plan

Business Aug 8, 2014

Women armed with chain saws head to the hills under Abe's growth plan

by Aya Takada and Katsuyo Kuwako

Junko Otsuka quit her job in Tokyo and headed for the woods, swapping a computer for a bush cutter and her air-conditioned office for the side of a mountain. She was part of a new wave of women taking forestry jobs, the result of economic, ...

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