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  2. Kuroshio Current - Wikipedia

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    The Kuroshio current is warm, compared to cooler waters in the Yellow Sea, and Sea of Japan. The Kuroshio is a relatively warm ocean current with an annual average sea-surface temperature of about 24 °C (75 °F), is approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) wide, and produces frequent small to meso-scale eddies.

  3. Wind power in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Shin Izumo Wind Farm owned by Eurus Energy was the largest wind farm in Japan as of 2011, comprising 26 turbines with a total nameplate capacity of 78 megawatts. [11] The Shin Aoyama Wind Farm owned by C-tech is currently the largest wind farm in Japan, as of February 2018. It comprises 40 turbines with a total nameplate capacity of 80 ...

  4. Oyashio Current - Wikipedia

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    The Oyashio Current colliding with the Kuroshio Current near Hokkaido. When two currents collide, they create eddies. Phytoplankton growing in the surface waters become concentrated along the boundaries of these eddies, tracing out the motions of the water. The ocean currents surrounding the Japanese Archipelago: 1.Kuroshio 2. Kuroshio extension 3.

  5. List of local winds - Wikipedia

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    Buran (a wind which blows across eastern Asia. It is also known as Purga when over the tundra); Karakaze (strong cold mountain wind from Gunma Prefecture in Japan); East Asian Monsoon, known in China and Taiwan as meiyu (梅雨), in Korea as jangma (), and in Japan as tsuyu (梅雨) when advancing northwards in the spring and shurin (秋霖) when retreating southwards in autumn.

  6. North Pacific Current - Wikipedia

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    The North Pacific Current. The North Pacific Current (sometimes referred to as the North Pacific Drift) is an ocean current that flows west-to-east between 30 and 50 degrees north in the Pacific Ocean. The current forms the southern part of the North Pacific Subpolar Gyre and the northern part of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.

  7. Climate of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan is generally a rainy country with high humidity. [1] Because of its wide range of latitude, [1] seasonal winds and different types of ocean currents, [citation needed] Japan has a variety of climates, with a latitude range of the inhabited islands from 24°N – 46°N, which is comparable to the range between Nova Scotia and The Bahamas in the east coast of North America. [1]

  8. List of offshore wind farms in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Wind farm Prefecture Wind turbine model Unit power No. of Units Total Commissioning date Developer Owner / operator Coordinates Notes and references Setana Wind Farm: Hokkaido: Vestas V47: 0.6: 2: 1.2: Close to shore [2] Sakata Offshore Wind Farm: Yamagata: Vestas V80: 2.0: 8 (3 onshore) 16 [3] Wind Power Kamisu: Ibaraki: Subaru 80: 2: 7: 14 ...

  9. North Pacific Gyre - Wikipedia

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    The Kuroshio Current is the narrow, strong westward boundary current of the subtropical circulation. This current influences the water column all the way to the bottom. The Kuroshio current flows in a northerly direction, then eventually flows further from the westward boundary where it then takes an eastward direction into the North Pacific.