The popularity of products made from trees certified as having been legally logged is spreading in Japan as consumers become more environmentally aware.
Mitsukoshi Ltd., a leading department store chain, set up its first wood-products sales area in its flagship store in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district in August.
It featured wooden home goods -- certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, a Germany-based nongovernmental organization -- that targeted adults and children.
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