Alasdair talks to Roger Smith, Japan Director for Mighty Earth, about Japanese biomass imports and the risks of the country's coal power stations switching to wood-burning.

Further reading: 

• SMOKESCREEN: SUMITOMO’S “CARBON NEUTRAL” FAILURES 
• SUMITOMO CORPORATION’S DIRTY ENERGY TRADE: Biomass, Coal and Japan’s Energy Future
• Biomass cofiring loopholes put coal on open-ended life support in Asia, Mongabay
• As biomass burning surges in Japan and South Korea, where will Asia get its wood?, Mongabay
• Fossil Free Japan
• Biomass Info, a resource library  (Japanese) 

Click here to read our investigation into the UK biomass supply chain, or watch a clip from the BBC Newsnight documentary.