Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 Forestry and Forest Policy in Japan: Historical Development and Current Situation -- 1 The Development of Japanese Forestry -- 2 Silviculture in Japan -- 3 Private Forestry -- 4 Forest Owners' Associations -- 5 Forestry Labour -- 6 National Forest Management -- 7 Forest Planning -- 8 National and Regional Forest Policies -- Part 2 Forest and Wood Products Industries in Japan -- 9 Logging and Log Distribution -- 10 The Sawmill Industry -- 11 Home Building and the Home- Building Industry -- 12 The Japanese Pulp and Paper Industry and Its Wood Use -- 13 Local Forestry and Sawmill Industries: The Case of Kumano, Mie Prefecture -- 14 Japan's Wood Trade -- Part 3 New Trends for Forestry in Japan -- 15 Depopulation and Mura-Okoshi (Village Revival) -- 16 New Relationship between Forests and City Dwellers in Japan -- 17 Treatment of Forests and Wildlife in Modern Society -- Contributors -- Index.