Issue 1 Special Issue: Evaluation, systematization and expansion of technology: Aming at forestry engineer education and forestry technology dissemination
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREWORD | Importance of fundamental researches to innovate applied technology | Jun'ichi GOTOU | １ |
| FOREWORD OF SPECIAL ISSUE | Introduction of the special issue on ”Evaluation, systematization and expansion of technology: Aming at forestry engineer education and forestry technology dissemination” | Takeshi MATSUMOTO | 3 |
| ARTICLE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Trainees’ evaluation of the “Green Employment Project” training | Akie KAWASAKI | 5-14 |
| ARTICLE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Removing hung-up trees occurring in the crowns of two trees by traction in a steep Chamaecyparis obtusa stand: measurement of the traction force in the felling direction in the case of upward felling and assessment of different removal methods | Takeshi Matsumoto, Hiromi Maejima and Masahiro Iwaoka | 15-23 |
| ARTICLE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Feasibility of removing by cutting the butt log of hung-up trees occurring between the crowns of two trees | Takeshi Matsumoto, Takahi Yuyama and Masahiro Iwaoka | 25-31 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Psychological stress levels of forestry workers due to forestry labor and environment | Masahiro Iwaoka, Nozomi Wakabayashi and Yuta Inomata | 33-36 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | The number of employees of the forest owners’ cooperatives who graduated from the school about forest and forestry in Chuno area, Gifu prefecture | Takeshi Matsumoto and Kuniaki Furukawa | 37-41 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Forestry worker training in Nagano Prefecture Forestry Research Center | Takayuki Miyazaki | 43-46 |
| NOTE | Report on the Student Seminar 2016 of the Japan Forest Engineering Society | Haruka Aoki and Yuki Yamaguchi | 47-49 |
Issue 2
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTICLE | Tree felling manipulator with drill bit-fitted end mill (in English) | Yuko Shirai and Yuki Matsuo | 59-69 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Evaluation of planting operations using containerized seedlings and planting tools | Tadashi Hatabu, Yuki Imatomi, Jun Kashima, Takayuki Ito, Yuta Inomata, Hirokazu Yamaguchi and Takeshi Yamada |
71-76 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Information utilization supported by StanForD in Swedish forest industry | Hiroko Muneoka, Takumi Uemura, Yukari Matsumura, Wataru Tanaka and Norio Shirai | 77-81 |
| NOTE | Report on the Austria seminar of Nagano forestry vocational school | Hiroki Matsunaga | 83-87 |
| NOTE | Report on the FORMEC 2016 International Symposium —From Theory to Practice: Challenges for Forest Engineering | Abednego Osindi Birundu and Yasushi Suzuki | 89-93 |
| NOTE | Report on the exhibition by JFES at Forestry Machine Show 2016 | Satoshi Yamaguchi | 95-97 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE | Forest utilization —back to the future | Hideo Sakai | 99-101 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE | On the memorial of Mr. Tadayoshi Izumi, the president of Izumi Forestry | Naoya Ikeda | 102-103 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE | On the memorial of Mr. Izumi | Yoshiharu Okuda | 104-106 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE | On the memorial of Mr. Izumi, the president of Izumi Forestry | Tomoyori Kawasaki | 107-108 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE | On the memorial of Mr. Tadayoshi Izumi, the president of Izumi Forestry | Hiroshi Kobayashi | 109 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE | On the memorial of Mr. Tadayoshi Izumi | Kenzo Yogi | 110-111 |
Issue 3
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUMMARY OF STUDIES RECEIVED THE 2016 JFES PRIZE | Studies on forest road surface erosion and appropriate interval of cross drains | Hiroko Muneoka | 113 |
| ARTICLE | Drying of wood chips inside breathable flexible containers under varying temperature conditions and properties of the moisture transition model | Maya Fujiwara, Masahiro Iwaoka, Takeshi Matsumoto and Yuta Inomata | 115-122 |
| ARTICLE | Influence of mechanized harvesting operation on black forest soil: A case of cut-to-length operation using wheel-type machines | Hidenori Suzuki, Masahiko Nakazawa, Tatsuya Sasaki, Takumi Uemura, Chikashi Yoshida, Masaki Jinkawa, Kenichiro Toda, Shinjiro Oya, Tsuyoshi Takano and Michiharu Kondo | 123-130 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Impact of damage to residual strength of high strength synthetic fiber rope in forestry operations | Yasushi Suzuki, Mana Sugio, Toshihiko Yamasaki, Shin Yamasaki, Yoshiyuki Kawakubo and Yasutaka Watanabe | 131-136 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Productivity and economic balance in the plantation forest behind thinning: A case study of Mishima city, Shizuoka | Shohei Kameyama, Rei Suzuki, Takuyuki Yoshioka and Koki Inoue | 137-142 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | A survey of operations of grinding unutilized forest biomass in California: Relationship between the slash pile size and the productivity of a grinder | Takuyuki Yoshioka, Shohei Kameyama, Koki Inoue and Bruce Hartsough | 143-148 |
| NOTE | A challenge to the limits of Cut-to-length logging; A Report on the 20th Workshop on Forest Production System | Hisashi Hasegawa | 149-156 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE | On the memorial of Prof. Tadahisa Yamazaki | Tomoaki Ishikawa | 157-158 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE | Memory of my former teacher Professor Isao Sasaki | Masami Shiba | 159-161 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE | The memories of Prof. Murayama | Shinzo Fukuda | 162 |
Issue 4
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTICLE | Study of the feasibility of an integrated harvesting system for forest wood log and logging residues | Chikashi Yoshida, Tatsuya Sasaki, Masahiko Nakazawa, Takumi Uemura, Masaki Jinkawa and Kuniaki Furukawa | 175-186 |
| ARTICLE | Assessment of lumbar burden caused by using implements when planting containerized seedlings | Yuta Inomata, Takayuki Ito, Hirokazu Yamagaguchi, Jun Kashima and Takeshi Yamada | 187-195 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Trial of producing wide area ortho-mosaic images from analogue air photographs | Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kenji Satake and Ayumi Itagawa | 197-202 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | A commercial thinning and profits on natural regenerated Larix kaempferi forest | Hiroki Matsunaga, Masashi Saito, Dai Otsuka and Tatsuhito Ueki | 203-210 |
| NOTE | Report on the joint seminar for young members of the Japan Forest Engineering Society and Japan Society of Forest Planning | Midori Uenohara | 211-214 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE | On the memorial of Mr. Tatsuo Tujii | Masaki Jinkawa | 215-216 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE | On the memorial of Mr. Tatsuo Tujii | Kuniaki Furukawa | 217 |