Japan
Sources of information and contacts in Japan's forestry sector
sources of Information
- Act on Facilitating the Export of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Products and Food
- Act on Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services by the State and Other Entities
- Annual Report on Forest and Forestry in Japan by Forestry Agency
- Forest and Forestry Basic Law
- Forest and Forestry Basic Plan
- Forest Inventory in Japan
- Forest Law
- Forest Planning System
- Forestry Agency - About the clean wood act
- Forestry Agency - Japanese lumber to the world
- Forestry Agency - Japan’s Wood Imports in 2020
- Forestry Agency - Notification of felling and reforestation after felling
- Forestry Agency - State of Japan’s Forests and Forest Management
- Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
- Information on legally harvested wood
- Japanese Government Procurement Policy
- JETRO - Procecures for trade practice
- List of rare species of wild animals and plants in Japan
- MAFF - Export quarantine guide
- MAFF - Regeneration of Forests and Forestry
- MAFF - The cartoons which convey the appeal of forests, forestry, and the lumber industry
- MAFF - Wood Design Award
- National tax agency
- Preferred by Nature (2018) - Timber Risk Assessment
- Protection forest area
- The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- Trade statistics of Japan
ALL Contacts
Japan External Trade Organization
General information office
1-12-32 Akasaka,
Minato-ku, Tokyo
+81- 3-3582-5511
https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/
https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/contact.html
JETRO is a government-related organization that works to promote mutual trade and investment between Japan and the rest of the world.
Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations
Administration Division
General information office
2-4-3 Nagata-cho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0014, Japan
+81-3-3580-3215
info@zenmoku.jp
http://www.zenmoku.jp/
A general incorporated association related to the lumber industry in Japan.
Forestry Agency
Public Relations Office
Minister's Secretariat
1-2-1, Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8952, Japan.
+81-3-3502-8111
https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/
Ministry of the central government.
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Public Relations Office
Minister's Secretariat
1-2-1, Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8950, Japan.
+81-3-3502-8111
https://www.maff.go.jp/e/index.html
https://www.contactus.maff.go.jp/j/form/kanbo/koho/160807.html
Ministry of the central government responsible for forest management.
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Manufacturing Industries Bureau
Lifestyle Industries Division
1-3-1 Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8901, Japan
+81-3-3501-1511
https://www.meti.go.jp/english/index.html
Ministry of the central government
Ministry of the Environment
Godochosha No. 5, Kasumigaseki 1-2-2
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8975, Japan
+81-3-3581-3351
https://www.env.go.jp/en/index.html
Ministry of hte central government.
National Federation of Forest Owners’ Co-operatives
General information office
1-9-16 Kajicho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0044, Japan
+81-3-6700-4730
http://www.zenmori.org/
A national organization of forestry cooperatives composed of forest owners throughout Japan.