日本是世界上绿化面积占国土面积比例最高的国家之一。统计资料表明，日本的森林覆盖率高达６３％。这和日本人传统的自然观是分不开的。日本农林省造林课课长杉本说：“欧美的文化是征服自然的文化，一些发展中国家也提出向自然挑战。而日本的传统思想是与大自然共存，在... Japan is one of the countries with the highest green area in the world in terms of land area. Statistics show that Japan’s forest coverage rate as high as 63%. This is inseparable from the Japanese traditional view of nature. Sugimoto, director of afforestation at Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said: "European and American cultures conquer the culture of nature and some developing countries also propose to challenge nature.