WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF JAPAN FOREST RESOURCE UTILIZATION

Economic growth depends on increasing use of natural resources. In thi s paper, the impact of Japan's Post-War economic growth on Japan's use of domestic and international forest resources is reviewed. Despite i ncreasing demand for timber, pulp and fuel, the Japanese have not expl oited their domestic forests for two reasons. First, the Japanese have increased timber imports. Second, the Japanese have become concerned about protecting the non-timber values of domestic forests. However, t he Japanese timber trade has had an indirect impact on the indigenous people of forest regions in Sarawak, Malaysia as a type of double-entr y bookkeeping system demonstrates. Finally, Isard-Liossatos's ''Weak S ocial Justice'' (WSJ) criterion, a desirable criterion for economic de velopment, is not met when applied to forest resource utilization both in Japan and Sarawak.