JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL
Online ISSN : 1881-1000
Print ISSN : 0022-815X
ISSN-L : 0022-815X
Volume 57, Issue 10
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  • [in Japanese]
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1419
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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  • Away from the Extraordinary Society of the Second Half of the 20th Century
    Yutaka Tonooka
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1420-1431,019
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    The second half of the 20th Century was an extraordinary age of global scale mass consumption resulting in depletion of resources and simultaneous environmental pollution caused by big business competition of global capitalism. It was an unprecedented experience not only within human history but also that of the Earth, injuring the Earth's system itself. for example, ozone layer depletion, climate change. pollution due to chemical products and so on. Many argue for a shift towards “Sustainable development” but it is extremely difficult to move to a sustainable society directly from the 20th century which is ideologically almost the complete opposite. It may be impossible to find the path to a sustainable society leading from the preceding part of the 20th Century, without a drastic revolution in our way of business society. In this short note the extremes of the second half of the 20th Century are discussed and suggestions made for the starting point for a sustainable society for the next millennium. Taking action against climate change might be just one of significant departures away from the prior development patterns of the 20th Century.
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  • Takuro Ueda
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1432-1450,019
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    To fulfill the commitment of the Kyoto Protocol adopted in December 1997, the promotion of measures on the global warming is a critical issue in the field of pulp and paper industry, which is one of the major energy users. However, investments on environment field such as energy conservation have not been so active, because of the recent situation of overall economy and individual corporate profit. Thus, for pulp and paper industry, it is essential not only to deal with environmental issues, but also to strengthen its competitive advantages. In order to realize these, we have to fully understand situations and problems that the industry is facing. From this viewpoint, government's policy measures, current situation and issues of the industry, and the strategy for strengthening its competitiveness are discussed.
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  • Takao Fujimori
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1451-1457,019
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    Enhancing carbon sequestration by forests is important for mitigation of global carbon dioxide. However, it is always necessary to consider the relationship between carbon sequestration and carbon stock. Enhancing carbon sequestration and maximizing carbon stock are both important for the strategies for mitigation of carbon dioxide.
    Carbon sequestration rate and amount of carbon accumulation vary according to forest stand development stage, and the peak of sequestration rate and the highest level of carbon stock cannot be realized at the same time. The peak of carbon sequestration rate is fond in young stage, while highest carbon stock is found in old-growth stage. So the target stand structure for enhancing carbon sequestration should be aimed from young stage to mature stage, while that for maintaining high carbon stock should be aimed in old-growth-stage.
    Enhancing carbon sequestration can be realized by forest management for timber production and maintaining high carbon stock can be realized by preservation of forest ecosystems. Energy for processing materials can be reduced by using timber for materials and the consumption of fossil fuels can be reduced by using wood for energy. Using wood is important for establishing recycling-based society.
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  • Kuniyuki Nishimura
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1458-1460,020
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    Kyoto protocol is expected to enter into forth in 2004 and Japan will be required to reduce greenhouse gas emission by 6% from the 1990 level in the first commitment period (from 2008 through 2012). CO2 reduction cost is high in Japan because of advanced energy saving measures has already put in place and reduction, if attempted to achieve only with domestic measures, would impose great burdens on industries.
    This paper discusses the importance of developing strategies for industries cope with Kyoto protocol
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  • Self-Management and Human Resource Enrichment
    Masaru Masuda
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1461-1467,020
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    Discussions on risk management of chemical substances have been repeated among international organizations such as OECD from 1970's, and have resulted in establishing various concepts, principles and systems. Based on such trends. I have proposed a concept of “Comprehensive Risk Management of Chemical Substances” making full use of scientific knowledge and logical thinking. Self-management, mainstay of the concept of “Comprehensive Risk Management of Chemical Substances, ” has achieved great result.
    Future trend can be predicted by observing the activities of the international organizations, and through logical thinking based on scientific knowledge. First come will seize the opportunity and contribute to positive growth in management.
    Construction of new science on “ Comprehensive Risk Management of Chemical Substances” that discuss such matters from a bird's-eye point of view has been attempted, and human resource enrichment based on this new science is enfolding.
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  • Yoshitaka Hoshikawa
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1468-1474,020
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    First Data Sets of Japanese Pollutants Release and Transfer Registry (PRTR) System under the Law concerning Reporting, etc. of Releases to the Environment of Specific Chemical Substances and Promoting Improvements in Their Management (Law for PRTR and Promotion of Chemical Management) has been published on March 20th, 2003 and there are some intentional activities urging industries on the reduction of their environmental releases.
    Considering these circumstances, we talk here about scientifically and technically sound management of PRTR designated chemicals, from points of compliance with the guidance provided by the law, voluntary setting of targets for environmental releases, and risk communication.
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  • The Present Status of Legislation in Japan and Contamination Risk Management
    Seiji Aoki
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1475-1493,021
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    Soil contamination has been one of seven typical environmental problems and the existing law was targeting only land for agricultural use. The new law, Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law, which covers land of any kinds of use, is now effective. The law specifies minimum requirements for preventing health hazards and its objects are very narrowed. If you make a surveyon the land strictly with the minimum requirements specified by the law, there are chances of missing some existing contamination. It will be very risky, when you want to do business with the land. It willbe advisable that you would make an enough extra survey, taking into account its historical uses.
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  • Keiko Segawa
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1494-1497,021
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    The Expert Committee on the Water Quality Standards for the Conservation of Aquatic Life recently launched its report on the technical matters and framework. The report presents basic ideas on methods to set target figures to protect aquatic life from pollution by heavy metals and chemical substances in rivers and other water areas. Especially, this report points out the necessity of setting Water Quality Standard on Zn, and Precautionary Monitoring Targets for formaldehyde, phenol and chloroform. The contents of this report should be discussed in the Water Management board in the Central Environment Council in this summer.
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  • Technology and Directivity of NASP-Multi 500 System
    Masahiro Nakata
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1498-1503,021
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    The web inspection system of OMRON renewed the technology of a detection part, and accomplished change further as next generation system. NASP-Multi 500.
    The basic thought used as the base of the detection part is Platform-though. That is, by mounting logical & software in basic digital hardware as a firmware, variable of the logic becomes possible and it can reply to the daily demand in the paper manufacture industry. As for detection algorithm, digital image processing of our company original development is incorporated. It is mainly the fault from which a light fault, a streak fault, and etc. serves as the object.
    Thus, the web inspection system is developed in our company every day, catching a demand of the paper manufacture industry exactly.
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  • Seiya Okamoto, Yuki Kashiwabara, Munetaka Mukasa
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1504-1507,022
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    We introduced EasySplice FastLine for paper splicing at the last JTAPPI conference in Yonago. Fortunately we've got many users of the tape in the Paper Industry. We are very happy that we could serve to the Industry through new technology.
    In this session I inform of the world wide achievements of technical and business results. Then I'll explain the pasting mechanism of EasySplice and introduce some technical problems we had and solutions we gave for them.
    At the end of lecture I'd like to speak about the development of EasySplice technology. We are going to launch a new product for auto-preparation robot of paper splicing. It has new concept best suitable for mechanical process though conventional EasySplice is the most suitable for manual preparation.
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  • Wood Science Committee JAPAN TAPPI
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1508-1527,022
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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  • [in Japanese]
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1530
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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  • [in Japanese]
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1531
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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  • Tetsuaki Okamoto, Gyosuke Meshitsuka
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1532-1536,023
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    The surfaces of commercial softwood kraft pulp fibers were observed by FE-SEM to determine the surface layers of the fibers. Unbleached pulp fibers were covered by fibrils running in random fashion, and the fibrils sometimes extended to a pit area, which were characteristics of the primary wall. The existence of primary wall on the surfaces of unbleached kraft pulp fibers would cause the higher lignin content of the surfaces of the fibers than that of the whole fibers. Large parts of the primary wall were removed during bleaching process, and the fibrils running densely perpendicular to the fiber axis were observed on full bleached pulp fibers, which was a characteristic of the outer layer of secondary walL The degree of the primary wall removal was different between the pulp samples. In one pulp sample, large amount of the primary wall was removed during oxygen delignification stage, although, in another pulp sample, some removal took place during oxygen delignification stage.
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  • Katsuhito Nakazawa, Kohei Yamada, Toru Katsura, Hiroaki Niwata, Keiich ...
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1537-1549,024
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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    The number of companies that published their environmental reports have increased in recent years, and the recycled paper containing a larger amount of DIP (Deinked pulp) with lower degree of brightness is used to print them for environmental concerns. In this study, several different kinds of paper used for environmental reports of many companies were investigated, and their environmental loads and environmental impacts were evaluated by LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) method.
    As for the characteristics of paper of eight environmental reports, paper containing 100% DIP was used for seven reports, and coated paper was used for three reports. Compared with non-coated paper and coated paper, total CO2 emission caused by coated paper through its life cycle was estimated larger because of the large CO2 emission from the manufacturing of related chemicals such as latex. As a result of LCI (Life Cycle Inventory) analysis of five kinds of paper used in environmental reports, it was observed that the total energy consumption of paper containing 100% DIP was smaller than those of paper containing wood and non-wood pulp. The evaluation with respect to CO2 emissions from fossil fuel consumption showed that the CO2 emissions caused by paper containing wood and non-wood pulp were smaller than that caused by paper containing 100% DIP. Regarding LCIA (Life Cycle Impact Assessment), with use of EPS 2000 and Panel method relatively little difference was seen among the environmental impacts of five different kinds. while it was shown by Eco-indicator 99 that the environmental impacts of paper with wood and non-wood pulp were larger than those of the others.
    For more detailed study, it is desirable to conduct LCA by considering land use in relation to sustainable forest management, and biomass energy as renewable energy source.
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  • 2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1550-1557
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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  • [in Japanese]
    2003 Volume 57 Issue 10 Pages 1558-1562
    Published: October 01, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: October 27, 2010
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