Japan was hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake and by the resultant big “tsunami” (big tidal waves) on March 11, 2011. For researchers and engineers in the field of electric power or nuclear engineering in countries other than Japan, the memory of the disaster that occurred in the Fukushima Daiichi (= First) Nuclear Power Plant might have still been more vivid and memorized more strongly than the tsunami. Figure 1 is a map of Japan showing the locations of the area hit by the tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. As of December 2019, the death toll by tsunami exceeds 18,400. Although the Fukushima Daiichi disaster itself caused no deaths, at least directly, several areas surrounding the nuclear power plant are still off-limits to the public. For supporting the restoration of Fukushima, many sectors and organizations affiliated to the Japanese Government have been conducting lots of projects. One such project is called the Fukushima FORWARD project [1]. Here, FORWARD is an abbreviation of “Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration”. The project was conducted by the Fukushima offshore wind consortium, composed of eight companies such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd., Furukawa Electric Co., and the University of Tokyo. It was first funded and entrusted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry in the years from 2011 to 2015. It was then extended to 2020 as a second project.

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2011年3月11日，日本遭受了东日本大地震和随之而来的大“海啸”（海啸）的袭击。对于日本以外国家或地区的电力或核工程领域的研究人员和工程师，与海啸相比，福岛第一核电站（福岛第一核电站）中发生的灾难可能仍然更加生动和记忆深刻。图1是日本的地图，显示了海啸和福岛第一核电站袭击的地区位置。截至2019年12月，海啸造成的死亡人数超过18400。尽管福岛第一核电站灾难本身没有造成任何人死亡，至少没有直接造成人员伤亡，但核电站周围的几个地区仍然禁止公众进入。为了支持福岛的复兴，日本政府的许多部门和组织都在进行许多项目。这样的项目之一就是福岛的FORWARD项目[1]。在此，FORWARD是“浮动海上风电场示范”的缩写。该项目由福岛海上风力财团进行，该财团由三菱重工，日立，古河电工和东京大学等八家公司组成。它是在2011年至2015年间由经济，贸易和工业部首次资助和委托的。随后，作为第二个项目，它被延期至2020年。该项目由福岛海上风力财团进行，该财团由三菱重工，日立，古河电工和东京大学等八家公司组成。它是在2011年至2015年间由经济，贸易和工业部首次资助和委托的。随后，作为第二个项目，它被延期至2020年。该项目由福岛海上风力财团进行，该财团由三菱重工，日立，古河电工和东京大学等八家公司组成。它是在2011年至2015年间由经济，贸易和工业部首次资助和委托的。随后，作为第二个项目，它被延期至2020年。