Announcements

The 2nd Announcement of the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society in Fukuoka

Date: March 17–19, 2017

Venue: Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan/ACROS Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 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 67th Annual Meeting of the JWRS that will be held from March 17 to 19, 2017, Fukuoka, 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.

Due dates: January 11, 2017 for the entry of presentation with an abstract

February 7, 2017 for early bird registration

For more detail information, please visit http://www.jwrs.org/wood2017/index-e.html

For the Organizing Committee: Prof. Dr. Tetsuo Kondo (Chief)

Prof. Dr. Yuji Tsutsumi (Executive Chief)

Associate Prof. Dr. Hirofumi Ichinose (Secretary)

Associate Prof. Dr. Daisuke Tatsumi (Secretary)

Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University

E-mail: wood2017@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 62 Number 5 2016

Category II

Hirofumi Sato, Sakae Shibutani, Katsuhiko Takata

Wood properties of rare natural cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) “Aoyajiro” in Akita Prefecture

Naoyuki Furuta, Yasushi Hirabayashi, Junko Miyazaki, Yoshinori Ohashi

Variation in veneer properties with the radial direction of logs and effect of pruning on Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) planted in Hokkaido

Chihiro Kayo, Ryota Ojimi, Masahiro Iwaoka, Koji Yasuda

Greenhouse gas emission reductions in a district heating and cooling system by using woody biomass: A study in Shiwa, Iwate Prefecture

Category III

Shuetsu Saito, Satoshi Shida

Equilibrium moisture content of wood estimated using the climatic data of Japan

Ryuya Takanashi, Shinya Shirakawa, Atsushi Nakajima, Yoshinori Ohashi, Takuro Hirai

Optimum cross sections of green square-sawn Japanese larch timber with pith allowing for reshaping warped cross sections after kiln drying