• A tanker carrying liquefied natural gasis tugged toward a thermal power station in Futtsu, east of Tokyo, in 2017. | REUTERS
    A tanker carrying liquefied natural gasis tugged toward a thermal power station in Futtsu, east of Tokyo, in 2017. | REUTERS

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Some of the world’s biggest energy traders are looking to get ahead in Japan’s nascent power market.

From Royal Dutch Shell PLC to German utility RWE AG, companies are hiring, reassigning staff and building relationships with Japanese firms to profit in the $136 billion market. After building mature markets in Europe and the U.S., they have their sights on the third-biggest economy, which is taking shape the way European trading did 20 years ago.

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