Announcement

The 1st Announcement of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society in Nagoya

Date: March 27–29, 2016

Venue: Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

The Japan Wood Research Society (JWRS) takes great pleasure in inviting all members of our society with an interest in the science and technology of wood to attend the 66th Annual Meeting of the JWRS that will be held from March 27 to 29, 2016, Nagoya, Japan.

The society members may take oral and poster presentations during the meeting. The symposium and the exhibition of the related companies will also be held.

Chief in Organizing Committee: Prof. Dr. Yasutoshi Sasaki, Department of Biosphere Resources Science, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University.

Due dates: January 13, 2016 for the entry of presentation with an abstract

February 9, 2016 for early bird registration

For more detail information, please visit http://www.jwrs.org/wood2016/

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 61 Number 4 2015

Category I

I. Yamamura, M. Ohta

Sound absorption performance of wood in a high frequency range I: Composing a measurement method in a high frequency range

E. Obataya, N. Shibanuma, M. Abe, T. Shiraishi, K. Adachi, H. Yamauchi

Compressive strength of corrugated veneer structures

Category II

Y. Sawada, A. Matsumoto, Y. Fujii

Pattern recognition of blue stain discoloration appearing on radiata pine boards

Y. Tsuchiya, I. Higuchi

Stress analysis and strength of single strapped adhesive joints made from bamboo and hinoki subjected to bending moments