Part 2: Issues and Prospects toward the Promotion of the Use of Goho-wood in the Japanese Market【Outline】
The issue proposed by Part 1 is that procurement activity in the Japanese market has animportant impact on other nations' efforts against illegal logging. In the context of this
proposal, parties from the demand and supply sides as well as administrators will discuss
the issues and the “issues and prospects for the further development of goho
wood/sustainable wood and wood products,” specifically the following points: 1) systemdevelopment for expanding and stabilizing procurement, 2) supply-side efforts such as
public relations, 3) supplier trustworthiness, and 4) collaboration between the demand sideand supply side.

【Brief Introduction of Panelists】
Hiroaki Kakizawa
Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture at Hokkaido University
Hiroaki Kakizawa, after assuming the position of a research associate and then an
associate professor of the Faculty of Agriculture, is currently Professor at the Graduate
School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University. He received his master’s degree in Agriculture
in 1984, from Hokkaido University. He specializes in forest policy, and has studied thecreation of mechanisms for sustainable forest management, and Russian forestmanagement and policies. His major published works include "Ecosystem Management"and "Russia: Shinrin Taikoku no Naijitsu (The Reality of a Forest Giant)." His interest in theproblem of illegal logging was sparked by his study of Russian forest policies.
Toshiyuki Akagi
Director of Wood Products Trade Office, Forestry Agency
Toshiyuki Akagi has been with the Forestry Agency since 1982. He served with theEmbassy of Japan in Malaysia, Hidaka District Forestry Office in Hokkaido and the Forest
Bureau of Kochi Prefecture before being appointed the Director of the Wood Products
Trade Office in April 2008. In his previous post, he was involved in drafting forest carbon
sink strategy and other initiatives in his capacity as the Forestry Agency's contact person foranti-global warming measures. In his current position, he has total oversight of trade issues
such as WTO negotiations and economic partnership agreements, as well as domestic andinternational efforts related to fighting illegal logging. On the latter front, he is currently
working on the promotion of goho-wood certification system and on strengthening
cooperation with timber-producing countries.
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General Manager, Environmental Policy Department, Okamura Corporation
Yuji Abe joined Okamura Corporation in 1978, and managed chair and table production,
procurement, material and delivery in its manufacturing department for approximately twodecades. He then took charge of the procurement of basic materials and purchase planningwith the purchasing department for eight years. Since 2006, he has been the General
Manager of the Environmental Solutions Department (currently the Environmental PolicyDepartment), as well as a member of Japan Office Institutional Furniture Association's(JOIFA) environmental working group and a board member of the Green Purchasing
Network.
Satoshi Nakagawa
Director of Distribution Department, Wooden Home Builders Association of Japan(Mokujukyo)
Toshi Nakagawa joined Matsushita Electric Works (currently Panasonic) in 1975, andworked on research and product development for housing and facility components andresidential construction process with the Corporate R&D Center. In 1995, on the launch ofMatsuhita Electric Works Techno-Structure Co., Ltd., he was named a company director.
Techno-structure construction is a wood-frame construction method that uses compoundbeams of lightweight steel and wood, and is applied to approximately 4000 homes
annually; Nakagawa instituted mandatory precision structural calculation for each project.
Since 2006, he has been Director of Materials and Distribution Department at Mokujukyo
Association, and has been working to promote domestically-sourced timber and serving asa member of the Home History Committee.
Azumi Kawabe
General Manager, Wood Materials Department, Strategic Resource Management Division,Oji Paper Co., Ltd.
Born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Azumi Kawabe has been with Oji Paper Co., Ltd. since 1982,
after graduating from Forest Studies Department, Faculty of Agriculture, the University ofTokyo. He has worked at Oji's domestic plants, and also at its overseas offices in Seattle,Atlanta and Vancouver, before being appointed to his current post in 2007.

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Toshikazu Kutsuzawa
Managing Director, Kutsuzawa Seizaisho
Born in Akita Prefecture in 1969, Toshikazu Kutsuzawa completed the first part of a doctoral
course in engineering (architecture) at Graduate School of Tohoku Institute of Technology.
He joined Nice Corporation in 1996, then Kutsuzawa Seizaisho in 2003, and became
Managing Director in 2007. At Nice, he was with the Sagamihara Office's Sales Section
before working for five years at the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Precut Section (traditional,metalware, 2×4, panel). He also served as an in-house as well as visiting instructor on
precuts, lumber and interior fittings. At Kutsuzawa Seizaisho, he incorporates the needs helearned of further down the supply chain while working with proposals from up the samechain. Kutsuzawa serves as a board member of the Akita Wood Technology Transfer
Foundation, and is a member of the Akita Prefectural Government's Prefectural Timber
Trade Expansion Council.
Kazuo Suzuki
President, Tokai Mokuzai Sogo Shijo Corporation
Kazuo Suzuki joined Zaiso Timber Co., Ltd. in 1966, and was appointed the representative
director and chairman in 2009. He was named President of Zaiso House in 1998. Currently
Suzuki also serves as Vice President of Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations,
President of Aichi Federation of Wood Industry Associations and the head of the Nagoya
Lumber Union.

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