Announcement

The 4^th announcement of the 62^nd annual meeting of The Japan Wood Research Society in Sapporo

Date: March 15–17, 2012

Venue: Faculty of Agriculture Main Bldg. (Oral Presentation, Corporate Exhibition), Conference Hall (Poster Presentation, Prize and Award Ceremony, Symposium) and Centennial Hall (Wood Science Mixer), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Symposium: “Heritage wooden buildings in Hokkaido”

Free admission

Schedule: March 15, 2011 (16:00–17:45)

Venue: Conference Hall, Hokkaido University

Please refer to the following web site for all information concerning the 62^nd annual meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society in Sapporo:

http://www.jwrs.org/wood2012/

For the Organizing Committee:

Prof. Dr. Takuro Hirai (Chief), Hokkaido University

Prof. Dr. Yasumitsu Uraki (Executive Chief), Hokkaido University

Associate Prof. Dr. Akio Koizumi (Secretary), Hokkaido University

E-mail: wood2012@jwrs.org

Mokuzai Gakkaishi (Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society)

Mokuzai Gakkaishi is another official journal of the Japan Wood Research Society. This journal publishes original articles, notes, review articles, and announcements from the Society in Japanese but with English abstracts, tables, and figure captions for original reports. Contents of the latest issue of Mokuzai Gakkaishi are as follows:

Volume 58 Number 1 2012

Review article

M. Nakamura

Appearance of wood and wooden interior

T. Imai

Chemistry of heartwood formation

Category II

A. Matsumoto, H. Oda, T. Arima, N. Fujimoto

Effect of hot-pressing on surface drying-set in sugi columns with pith.

A. Matsumoto, H. Oda, T. Arima, N. Fujimoto

Effect of hot-pressing as a pre-treatment for prevention of surface checks in sugi columns with pith

N. Sekine, S. Shibutani, M. Yatagai

Water solubility of essential oils from coniferous needles with special reference to effect on germination and antitermite activity