TOKYO -- When the Zaratan, a ship with an 800-ton crane on board, arrived in the northern Japanese port of Akita last month it was an occasion to savor for Japanese trading company Marubeni -- the moment when its first commercial wind farm in domestic waters began to take shape.
Areas such as Akita Prefecture, in northern Japan, have attracted interest from a number of offshore wind power producers. © Akita Yurihonjo Offshore Wind GK/Kyodo
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