Why Japan Isn't Cutting Down Enough of its Trees

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I started off making this nice video about how Japan got its forests back through afforestation. Then I did too much researching on the Internet and came to the conclusion that Japan should be chopping down some of its trees. Trust me, it'll all make sense once you watch the video... I hope.

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Info Sources
Working With Woodlands: C. W. Nicol at TEDxTokyo (English) - https://youtu.be/Oa7PmrzdHTQ
Satoyama: Japan's Secret Water Garden (2004) - NHK
Forest history and the Great Divergence : China, Japan, and the West compared by Saito, Osamu - https://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/rs/bitstream/10086/18736/1/0101002801.pdf
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) - Studio Ghibli
Shimazu Nariakira - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimazu_Nariakira
Japan’s Forests: From Lumber Source to Beloved Resource - https://www.nippon.com/en/features/c03913/japan%E2%80%99s-forests-from-lumber-source-to-beloved-resource.html
Hay fever season gets people sneezing and talking - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/03/18/language/hay-fever-season-gets-people-sneezing-talking/#.XbQ-XOgzb8C
Tokyo Metro Allergy Pollen Allergy Investigation (2016) - http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2017/12/18/documents/14_01.pdf
State of Japan's Forests and Forest Management - http://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/kaigai/pdf/countryreport-1.pdf and http://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/kaigai/pdf/countryreport-2.pdf
Does management improve the carbon balance of forestry? - https://academic.oup.com/forestry/article/90/1/125/2605858
Protecting the Forests - https://www.nippon.com/en/features/c03912/
ABOUT THE CONDITION OF JAPANESE FORESTS - https://www.japanfs.org/sp/en/news/archives/news_id027771.html
Annual Report on Forest and Forestry in Japan (2017) - http://www.maff.go.jp/e/data/publish/attach/pdf/index-95.pdf
Annual Report on Forest and Forestry in Japan (2016) - http://www.maff.go.jp/e/data/publish/attach/pdf/index-64.pdf
Afforestation in Japan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afforestation_in_Japan
Japan's Cedar Forests Are Man-Made Disaster - https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/17/science/japan-s-cedar-forests-are-man-made-disaster.html
The Sneeze Trees: Ridding Japanese Forests of Pollen - https://www.nippon.com/en/nipponblog/m00081/the-sneeze-trees-ridding-japanese-forests-of-pollen.html
Saving the planet through its trees - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/24/environment/saving-the-planet-through-its-trees/#.XbQ_pOgzb8B
The Development of Japanese Forestry - https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/12526/1/9780774808828.pdf
Japanese Forestation Policies During the 20 Years Following World War II - https://www.intechopen.com/books/precious-forests-precious-earth/japanese-forestation-policies-during-the-20-years-following-world-war-ii
The Strange Story of Hay Fever in Japan: Construction, Conspiracy Theories, Climate Change - https://blog.gaijinpot.com/strange-story-hay-fever-japan/
Thinning for forest health - https://oregonforests.org/thinning
Biomass carbon sinks in Japanese forests: 1966 – 2012 - http://environmentportal.in/files/Nov-08-Csink-japan-jour.pdf
More volunteers thinning forests - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/03/national/more-volunteers-thinning-forests/#.XbRAsOgzb8B

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