When Edison sought bamboo from around the world, he was introduced to Japanese timber bamboo through the Kyoto governor at the time. The bamboo was growing in an area around Mount Otokoyama ...

The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of ...

Mr. Doi and a group of scientists at Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry, one of Japan’s oldest timber companies, set out to determine the best wood to send to space. We are having trouble ...