Change and Good Fortune in Japan’s Year of the Snake
The New Years’ holiday during the first week of January is always a special time in Japan, both to gather with family and also to look optimistically at the 12 [...]
Selling into a market with $35 Ramen and $40 million Resort Homes
For many years, the BC Wood Japan Office has been researching and developing contacts in the flourishing resort market as Japan has become both a top international travel destination as [...]
MJY Highlights Summer 2024
Summer 2024 2024 has been an exciting year so far for MJY Fabrication! The team has taken on a number of big projects with amazing outcomes and we'd like to [...]
Crafting Innovation: UBC CAWP and Magee Secondary School’s Design Challenge
Subtitle: A Partnership in Education and Fabrication Unleashes Student Creativity In an inspiring fusion of education, design, and cutting-edge technology, the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP) at the [...]
Japan’s Inbound Rebound
Japan famously kept its borders shut to foreigners for much longer than other countries in order to control the spread of COVID-19 and did not fully reopen until May of [...]
Happier New Year Ahead
The extended New Year’s holiday is usually one of the happiest times of the year in Japan with families gathering to enjoy food and time together. This is one [...]
Visit to Case Group’s Maple Village
Case Group was founded by Professor Kang Tae-woong of the Department of Architecture of Dankook University. It is the first comprehensive construction company in Korea established as a university subsidiary. [...]
Visit with HyunSung Timber
HyunSung was established in 1995 and has gained a good reputation as a reliable importer of many kinds of lumber, cedar, plywood, OSB, stairs, interior wall paneling, exterior materials, windows, [...]
Minister Ralston and First Nations Delegation Visits Mihashi with BC Wood
From December 11th to 14th, British Columbia’s Minister of Forests, the honourable Bruce Ralston, led a large delegation of industry and First Nations leaders for the annual Canadian forestry mission [...]