Tag: japan housing

  • Japan Wood Imports from North America 2015

    Tallying organizations’ rough estimate of North American log imports to Japan for 2015 is 2,444 million cubic metres, a 19.8 per cent drop from the previous year, according to Japan Lumber Reports Friday. Japan Log Imports from North America: 2015 Tallying organizations’ rough estimate of North American log imports to Japan for 2015 is 2,444…

  • Japan Wood Olympic Stadium Roof

    A new plan has been selected in Japan for the new National Stadium, to be built for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, according to Japan Lumber Reports Friday. The theme of the new stadium will be ‘wood and green’, with the roof made of a hybrid steel and wood structure. The wood will be laminated…

  • Japan Wood Import Projection 2016

    The Timber Supply and Demand Conference of Japan, comprised of five groups of imported wood products, came up with the projection for demand for 2016, said the Japan Lumber Reports Friday. The projection does not expect any significant change in the import of both logs and lumber. Japan housing starts 2016 are expected to exceed…

  • Japan Wood Import Projection 2016

    The Timber Supply and Demand Conference of Japan, comprised of five groups of imported wood products, came up with the projection for demand for 2016, said the Japan Lumber Reports Friday. The projection does not expect any significant change in the import of both logs and lumber. Japan housing starts 2016 are expected to exceed…

  • Japan Lumber and Logs: October 2015, Housing Starts

    According to Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries “Informa- tion on the Exports and Imports of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products” report, Japan’s export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products amounted to 66.07 billion yen in October 2015, an increase of 17.5 per cent from the same month of the previous year, said the…