Pulp mills and sawmills in Japan
WoodComp tracks 12 operating pulp mills and 10 sawmills in Japan, with capacity, status and location as open data. Japan holds 24.9 M ha of forest, 68 % of its land area, led by Japanese Cedar and Hinoki Cypress.
Wood supply
- Forest area
- 24.9 M ha
- 68 % of land area
- Standing volume
- 5.6 bn m3
- growing stock, over bark
- Industrial roundwood
- 22.3 M m3/y
- production
Forest types
share of forest area- Primary 11.9 % · 3.0 M ha
- Other naturally regenerating 47.6 % · 11.9 M ha
- Other planted 40.5 % · 10.1 M ha
Tree species
share of growing stock- Japanese Cedar 36.9 %
- Hinoki Cypress 14.8 %
- Pine (Japanese Red Pine,Japanese Black Pine, etc) 7.2 %
- Sakhalin Fir 4.4 %
- Japanese Larch 4.1 %
- Other species 32.6 %
All 8 reported species
- Japanese Cedar36.9 %2 046 M m3furnish of 3 local facilitiesCryptomeria japonica
- Hinoki Cypress14.8 %819 M m3furnish of 3 local facilitiesChamaecyparis obtusa
- Pine (Japanese Red Pine,Japanese Black Pine, etc)7.2 %402 M m3Pinus spp.
- Sakhalin Fir4.4 %246 M m3Abies sachalinensis
- Japanese Larch4.1 %230 M m3Larix kaempferi
- Konara Oak, Mongolian Oak, Daimyo Oak, etc1.5 %82 M m3Quercus dentata, Q.mongolica, Q. serrata, etc.
- Hondo Spruce, Yezo Spruce0.9 %52 M m3Picea jezoensis
- Japanese Chestnut Oak0.4 %21 M m3Quercus acutissima
The facilities on this page report Mixed Softwood (5), Cedar (3), Douglas Fir (3), Recycled Fiber (2), Mixed Hardwood (2) and OCC (1) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 51.6 % of the growing stock. Removals by species are not reported internationally, so this is a comparison of demand and standing forest, not a balance.
Forest, species and production figures: FAO FRA 2025 and FAOSTAT (2024-2025).
- Pulp mills
- 12
- Sawmills
- 10
- Operating
- 22
- Operating pulp capacity
- 4 918 860
- t/y pulp
- Sawn timber capacity
- -
Capacity is the sum over 11 of 12 operating pulp mills with a reported capacity (t/y). Sawn timber capacity covers 0 of 10 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-09-14.
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