More than 3 gigawatts of turbines stand in the Taiwan Strait, but a shortage of substations and undersea cables means some have been told to throttle output on windy days.
A $35 billion semiconductor complex outside Chitose will draw as much groundwater as a city of 150,000, and dairy and rice growers who share the aquifer want guarantees before the second fab breaks ground.
Bears have injured more than 200 people across Japan since April and have been seen in supermarkets, schoolyards and a train station in Akita. Officials blame a failed beechnut crop and villages that have emptied out.
