SAPPORO, Japan -- Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's four main islands, has seen the launch of a string of offshore wind farm projects, as fishing communities hit by declining catches look for other ways to earn a livelihood.
Hokkaido, surrounded by the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean, has great potential for offshore wind power. But it has been slower off the mark than other Japanese prefectures, including Nagasaki, Akita and Chiba.
