Japan to promote wooden buildings based on CLT

Japan to promote wooden buildings based on CLT

TOKYO, Japan - An experimental wooden building based on cross-laminated timber (CLT) in Yukawa, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is seen in this file photo taken on Dec. 24, 2014. The Forestry Agency is testing the application of CLT to four- to five-story wooden condominiums and other buildings as strong as ferroconcrete structures to increase the use of homegrown timber.

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