MOE (Ministry of the Environment), Japan (2014) Enforcement status
of Agricultural Land–Soil Pollution Preventation Law in 2014 fiscal
year. MOE, Japan, Available at
Morisada K, Ono K, Kanomata H (2004) Organic carbon stock in forest
soils in Japan. Geoderma 119:21–32
Nakagawa T, Kitagawa H, Yasuda Y, Tarasov RE, Gotanda K,
Suwai Y (2005) Pollen/event stratigraphy of the varved sediment of
Lake Suigetsu, central Japan from 15,701 to 20,217 SG vyr BP
(Suigetsu varve years before present): Description, interpretation
and correlation with other regions. Quaternary Science Reviews
24:1691–1701
Nakagawa T, Tarasov RE, Nishida K, Gotanda K, Yasuda Y (2002)
Quantitative pollen-based climate reconstruction in central Japan:
Application to surface and late Quaternary spectra. Quaternary
Science Reviews 21:2099–2113
Naruse Y, Inoue K (1990) Aolian deposits in the Ryukyus. In The
Research Group on Coral Reef Regions in Japan (eds) Coral islands
in Japan Vol 1 Tropics in Japan: Natural history of coral islands,
pp 248–262. Kokon Shoin, Publishers. Tokyo. (in Japanese)
North Greenland Ice Core Project members (2004) High-resolution
record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last
interglacial period. Nature 431:147–151
Numata M (ed) (1974) The flora and vegetation of Japan. Kodanshya,
Tokyo, Elsevier, Amsterdam
Oba T, Akasaka N (1990) Paleoenvironmental change of the Japan Sea
based on Organic Carbon Contents of Two Piston Cores. The
Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu), 29:417–425. (in Japanese
with English summary)
Oba T, Kato M, Kitazato H, Koizumi I, Omura A, Sakai T,
Takayama T (1991) Paleoenvironmental changes in the Japan Sea
during the last 85,000 years. Paleoceanography 6:499–518
Obara H, Ohkura T, Takata Y, Kohyama K, Maejima Y, Hamazaki T
(2011) Comprehensive soil classification system of Japan. First
Approximation.
Bulletin
of
National
Institute
for
Agro-Environmental Sciences 29:1–73 (in Japanese with English
summary)
Ogura J (2009) Forest vegetation and fire in Edo and Meiji period.
Forest Science 55:5–9 (in Japanese)
Ohsawa M (1987) Habitat differentiation and the ecological niche in
vegetation. Physiol Eco Japan 24:15–27
Ohsawa M (2006) Climate change impacts on Vegetation in Humid
Asian Mountains. Global Environmental Research 10(1):13–20
Ohwi J (1965) Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.
C
Okamoto T (2009) Charcoal in forest soils as an indicator of past fires.
Shinrin Kagaku 55:18–23 (in Japanese)
Okuda M, Nakagawa T, Takemura K (2010) Present status of
pollen-based paleoclimate reconstruction from Lake Biwa sediment.
The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu), 49:133–146. (in
Japanese with English summary)
Okumura S, Minagawa M, Oba T, Ikehara K (1996) Paleoenvironmental analysis of two sediment cores off Akita City in the Japan
Sea based on oxygen, carbon and nitrogen isotopes. The Quaternary
Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu), 35:349–358. (in Japanese with
English summary)
Ota Y, Omura A (1992) Contrasting style and rates of tectonic uplift of
coral reef terraces in the Ryukyu and Daito Island, southwestern
Japan. Quaternary International 15(16):17–29
Railsback LB (2015) Marine isotope stages and substages. http://
railsback.org/Fundamentals/SFMGSubstages01.pdf (Febrary 2015)
Railsback LB, Gibbard PL, Head MJ, Voarintsoa NRG, Toucanne S
(2015) An optimized scheme of lettered marine isotope substages
for the last 1.0 million years, and the climatostratigraphic nature of
isotope stages and substages. Quaternary Science Reviews 111:94–
106
Saigusa M, Matsuyama N, Abe A (1992) Distribution of Allophanic
Andosols and Nonallophanic Andosols in Japan based on the data
of soil survey reports on reclaimed land. Jpa J Soil Sci Plant Nutr
63:646–651 (In Japanese with English summary)
Saito Y (1992) Reading of the history of the Japanese Islands. Iwanami
Shoten, Publishers, Tokyo (in Japanese)
Sakaguchi Y (1961) Paleogeographical studies of peat bogs in northern
Japan. Journal of Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Section II
12:421–513
Sakaguchi Y (1974) Earth science of peatlands. University of Tokyo
Press, Tokyo (in Japanese)
Sakaguchi Y (1979) Distribution and genesis of Japanese peatlands.
Bulletin of the Department of Geography, University of Tokyo,
11:17–42
Sakaguchi Y (1989) Natural history of Ozegahara. Chuokoron-sha,
Inc., Tokyo
Sakaguchi Y, Okumura K (1986) Interglacial climate and relic red soils
in northern Japan based on pollen records of interglacial deposits in
eastern Hokkaido. Bulletin of the Department of Geography,
University of Tokyo, 18 29–48
Sase T, Hosono M, Utsugawa T, Kato S, Komahara M (1987) Opal
phytolith analysis of the Kanto Loam formation in Musashino
Upland, Kanto Plain, Japan. The Quaternary Research
(Daiyonki-Kenkyu), 26:1–11.(in Japanese with English summary)
Sase T, Machida H, Hosono M (2008) Fluctuations of opal phytolith
assemblage in the Tachikawa and Musashino Loam formations in
southwest Kanto, central Japan: Changes in vegetation, climate,
terrace, and soil-facies since marine isotope stage 5.1. The
Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu), 47:1–14.(in Japanese
with English summary)
Shackleton NJ (1969) The last interglacial in the marine and terrestrial
record. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 174:135–
154
Shimizu T (1962) Studies on the limestone flora of Japan and Taiwan,
Part I. J Fac Textile Sci Technol Shinshu Univ Ser A11:1–105
Shimizu T (1963) Studies on the limestone flora of Japan and Taiwan,
Part II. J Fac Textile Sci Technol Shinshu Univ Ser A12:1–88
Shimizu Y (2014) Process of the formation of Japanese forest and
typification of vegetation zone-From an East Asian viewpoint.
Regional Views 27:19–75 (in Japanese with English summary)
Shindo H (2012) Role of polyphenols and charred plant materials in the
formation and accumulation of black humic acids (JSSPN Awards).
Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 83:515–518 (in Japanese)
Shindo H, Matsui Y, Higashi T (1986) A possible source of humic
acids in volcanic ash soils in Japan – charred residue of Miscanthus
sinensis. Soil Sci 141:84–87
Soil Survey Staff (2010) Key to soil taxonomy, 11th edn. Natural
Resources Conservation Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Soil Survey Staff (2014) Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 12th edn.
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC
Statistics department (2018) The 91th statistical yearbook of ministry of
agriculture, forestry and fisheries Japan (MAFF). MAFF, Tokyo
Suzuki T (1997) Introduction to map reading for civil engineers:
Volume 1 Geomorphological basis for mapping reading. Kokon
Shoin, Publishers. Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Takahashi T, Dahlgren RD (2016) Nature, properties and function of
aluminum–humus complexes in volcanic soils. Geoderma 263:110–
121
Takata Y (2010) Estimation of soil carbon stock changes in Japanese
agricultural soils using national resource inventory. Proceedings of
an international workshop on evaluation and sustainable management of soil carbon sequestration in Asian countries. Indonesian
Soil Research Institute (ISRI), Food & Fertilizer Technology Center
for the Asian and Pacific Region (FFTC) and National Institute for
Agro-environmental Sciences (NIAES), pp 15–28
50
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of Agricultural Land–Soil Pollution Preventation Law in 2014 fiscal
year. MOE, Japan, Available at
Morisada K, Ono K, Kanomata H (2004) Organic carbon stock in forest
soils in Japan. Geoderma 119:21–32
Nakagawa T, Kitagawa H, Yasuda Y, Tarasov RE, Gotanda K,
Suwai Y (2005) Pollen/event stratigraphy of the varved sediment of
Lake Suigetsu, central Japan from 15,701 to 20,217 SG vyr BP
(Suigetsu varve years before present): Description, interpretation
and correlation with other regions. Quaternary Science Reviews
24:1691–1701
Nakagawa T, Tarasov RE, Nishida K, Gotanda K, Yasuda Y (2002)
Quantitative pollen-based climate reconstruction in central Japan:
Application to surface and late Quaternary spectra. Quaternary
Science Reviews 21:2099–2113
Naruse Y, Inoue K (1990) Aolian deposits in the Ryukyus. In The
Research Group on Coral Reef Regions in Japan (eds) Coral islands
in Japan Vol 1 Tropics in Japan: Natural history of coral islands,
pp 248–262. Kokon Shoin, Publishers. Tokyo. (in Japanese)
North Greenland Ice Core Project members (2004) High-resolution
record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last
interglacial period. Nature 431:147–151
Numata M (ed) (1974) The flora and vegetation of Japan. Kodanshya,
Tokyo, Elsevier, Amsterdam
Oba T, Akasaka N (1990) Paleoenvironmental change of the Japan Sea
based on Organic Carbon Contents of Two Piston Cores. The
Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu), 29:417–425. (in Japanese
with English summary)
Oba T, Kato M, Kitazato H, Koizumi I, Omura A, Sakai T,
Takayama T (1991) Paleoenvironmental changes in the Japan Sea
during the last 85,000 years. Paleoceanography 6:499–518
Obara H, Ohkura T, Takata Y, Kohyama K, Maejima Y, Hamazaki T
(2011) Comprehensive soil classification system of Japan. First
Approximation.
Bulletin
of
National
Institute
for
Agro-Environmental Sciences 29:1–73 (in Japanese with English
summary)
Ogura J (2009) Forest vegetation and fire in Edo and Meiji period.
Forest Science 55:5–9 (in Japanese)
Ohsawa M (1987) Habitat differentiation and the ecological niche in
vegetation. Physiol Eco Japan 24:15–27
Ohsawa M (2006) Climate change impacts on Vegetation in Humid
Asian Mountains. Global Environmental Research 10(1):13–20
Ohwi J (1965) Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.
C
Okamoto T (2009) Charcoal in forest soils as an indicator of past fires.
Shinrin Kagaku 55:18–23 (in Japanese)
Okuda M, Nakagawa T, Takemura K (2010) Present status of
pollen-based paleoclimate reconstruction from Lake Biwa sediment.
The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu), 49:133–146. (in
Japanese with English summary)
Okumura S, Minagawa M, Oba T, Ikehara K (1996) Paleoenvironmental analysis of two sediment cores off Akita City in the Japan
Sea based on oxygen, carbon and nitrogen isotopes. The Quaternary
Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu), 35:349–358. (in Japanese with
English summary)
Ota Y, Omura A (1992) Contrasting style and rates of tectonic uplift of
coral reef terraces in the Ryukyu and Daito Island, southwestern
Japan. Quaternary International 15(16):17–29
Railsback LB (2015) Marine isotope stages and substages. http://
railsback.org/Fundamentals/SFMGSubstages01.pdf (Febrary 2015)
Railsback LB, Gibbard PL, Head MJ, Voarintsoa NRG, Toucanne S
(2015) An optimized scheme of lettered marine isotope substages
for the last 1.0 million years, and the climatostratigraphic nature of
isotope stages and substages. Quaternary Science Reviews 111:94–
106
Saigusa M, Matsuyama N, Abe A (1992) Distribution of Allophanic
Andosols and Nonallophanic Andosols in Japan based on the data
of soil survey reports on reclaimed land. Jpa J Soil Sci Plant Nutr
63:646–651 (In Japanese with English summary)
Saito Y (1992) Reading of the history of the Japanese Islands. Iwanami
Shoten, Publishers, Tokyo (in Japanese)
Sakaguchi Y (1961) Paleogeographical studies of peat bogs in northern
Japan. Journal of Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Section II
12:421–513
Sakaguchi Y (1974) Earth science of peatlands. University of Tokyo
Press, Tokyo (in Japanese)
Sakaguchi Y (1979) Distribution and genesis of Japanese peatlands.
Bulletin of the Department of Geography, University of Tokyo,
11:17–42
Sakaguchi Y (1989) Natural history of Ozegahara. Chuokoron-sha,
Inc., Tokyo
Sakaguchi Y, Okumura K (1986) Interglacial climate and relic red soils
in northern Japan based on pollen records of interglacial deposits in
eastern Hokkaido. Bulletin of the Department of Geography,
University of Tokyo, 18 29–48
Sase T, Hosono M, Utsugawa T, Kato S, Komahara M (1987) Opal
phytolith analysis of the Kanto Loam formation in Musashino
Upland, Kanto Plain, Japan. The Quaternary Research
(Daiyonki-Kenkyu), 26:1–11.(in Japanese with English summary)
Sase T, Machida H, Hosono M (2008) Fluctuations of opal phytolith
assemblage in the Tachikawa and Musashino Loam formations in
southwest Kanto, central Japan: Changes in vegetation, climate,
terrace, and soil-facies since marine isotope stage 5.1. The
Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu), 47:1–14.(in Japanese
with English summary)
Shackleton NJ (1969) The last interglacial in the marine and terrestrial
record. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 174:135–
154
Shimizu T (1962) Studies on the limestone flora of Japan and Taiwan,
Part I. J Fac Textile Sci Technol Shinshu Univ Ser A11:1–105
Shimizu T (1963) Studies on the limestone flora of Japan and Taiwan,
Part II. J Fac Textile Sci Technol Shinshu Univ Ser A12:1–88
Shimizu Y (2014) Process of the formation of Japanese forest and
typification of vegetation zone-From an East Asian viewpoint.
Regional Views 27:19–75 (in Japanese with English summary)
Shindo H (2012) Role of polyphenols and charred plant materials in the
formation and accumulation of black humic acids (JSSPN Awards).
Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 83:515–518 (in Japanese)
Shindo H, Matsui Y, Higashi T (1986) A possible source of humic
acids in volcanic ash soils in Japan – charred residue of Miscanthus
sinensis. Soil Sci 141:84–87
Soil Survey Staff (2010) Key to soil taxonomy, 11th edn. Natural
Resources Conservation Service, USDA, Washington, DC
Soil Survey Staff (2014) Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 12th edn.
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC
Statistics department (2018) The 91th statistical yearbook of ministry of
agriculture, forestry and fisheries Japan (MAFF). MAFF, Tokyo
Suzuki T (1997) Introduction to map reading for civil engineers:
Volume 1 Geomorphological basis for mapping reading. Kokon
Shoin, Publishers. Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Takahashi T, Dahlgren RD (2016) Nature, properties and function of
aluminum–humus complexes in volcanic soils. Geoderma 263:110–
121
Takata Y (2010) Estimation of soil carbon stock changes in Japanese
agricultural soils using national resource inventory. Proceedings of
an international workshop on evaluation and sustainable management of soil carbon sequestration in Asian countries. Indonesian
Soil Research Institute (ISRI), Food & Fertilizer Technology Center
for the Asian and Pacific Region (FFTC) and National Institute for
Agro-environmental Sciences (NIAES), pp 15–28
50
K. Tamura et al.