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  December housing starts in Japan were 75,452 units, a 1.3 per cent drop from December 2014, according to the Japan Lumber Reports Friday. Housing Starts, Japan Total housing starts for 2015 were 909,299 units, a 1.9 per cent improvement over 2014 said the Japan Lumber Reports Friday.

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…

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…

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…