Chinju no Mori
After the Pacific War, there was a lot of deforestation in Japan as part of national land development. This was not related to the Shinto religion. This caused people to start thinking about the negative consequences of too much development, depopulation, and a lack of land. As a result, initiatives such as the national trust movement were created to protect and restore forests and green spaces. The national trust movement has been successful in its efforts to conserve and rehabilitate forests and other vegetation. After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, there was a focus on preserving and restoring the forests affected by the disaster.。