The lure of nature and a slower pace of life are attracting a growing number of young women to Japan’s traditionally male-dominated forestry business, and their participation may help it cope with an aging workforce and a shortage of manpower. Junko Iizuka, a 33-year-old graduate of the prestigious University of Tokyo, quit her job as an international trade fair organizer to join lumber company Tokyo Chainsaws in the village of Hinohara in western Tokyo about four years ago. What impressed her about the company was that it not only logs and sells trees but also leads initiatives to protect forests and get the public interested in them. …Female students, architects, educators, and designers among many others have formed more than 20 groups called “forestry girls” across Japan since the first one was launched in Kyoto about eight years ago.