Forests are a potential solution to numerous global environmental issues, and their restoration is widely pursued. Forty percent of Japan’s forests are planted forests. This has caused the common occurrence of forest ecosystem disservices in the country, like—wildlife damage, pollinosis, and driftwood damage. Forest policy processes in Japan are characterized by incrementalism, central mobilization, and hegemony of career civil servants. Responses to forest ecosystem disservices have changed the central mobilization policy pattern. Punctuated equilibrium theory can be applied to several policy processes in Japan, but it provides only limited explanation for policy responses to forest ecosystem disservices. The responses are influenced by national governance and public administration traditions and cultures. It is relevant to expand research on policy responses to forest ecosystem disservices, recognizing that ideal responses may require unusual approaches not within traditional policy making or outside of established policy cultures.

森林是许多全球环境问题的潜在解决方案，人们广泛追求森林的恢复。日本 40% 的森林是人工林。这导致该国经常发生森林生态系统损害，如野生动物破坏、花粉病和浮木破坏。日本的森林政策过程具有渐进主义、中央动员和职业公务员霸权的特点。对森林生态系统损害的响应改变了中央动员政策模式。间断均衡理论可应用于日本的多个政策过程，但它对森林生态系统损害的政策响应仅提供有限的解释。这些反应受到国家治理和公共行政传统和文化的影响。