Abstract
For the forest industry in Japan, housing is an important field from the viewpoint of marketing. However, the house of traditional Japanese style has gradually lost its share in the wooden house market. Lumber producers, especially in rural forestry areas, have produced lumber mainly for the traditional Japanese style of house construction of and played an important role in rural development. In addition to competition with suppliers of imported lumber and producers of other construction materials, lumber producers in Japan faced problems caused by the change in the lumber market. The purpose of this paper is 1) to describe the change in the lumber market, 2) to examine the effects of the market change on lumber producers and 3) to discuss the role of lumber producers in forestry areas.Key wordsLumber marketlumber producerrural development
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