I honestly don't think this is true. For one, Japan is not shutting down its power plants. It is restarting them (or at least the one 6 km from where I live c

I honestly don't think this is true. For one, Japan is not shutting down its power plants. It is restarting them (or at least the one 6 km from where I live claims to be -- although they've been shut down for something like 10 years because they can't get their act together). Everything I hear from inside the country says that nuclear power plants are slowly going to be coming back online. Secondly, while Japan can't currently produce enough through renewables, you would be surprised at the pace at which renewables are increasing. I pay something close to 30 cents per KWh right now. At that price household solar is basically a no-brainer. I haven't seen a single new house in my area built without solar panels for at least 3 years now. You can buy solar panels in any normal hardware store now (and it's the absolute first thing when you go through the doors). Sun and wind are abundant in Japan (especially the latter, given the amount of coastline we have). Hydrogen vehicles are going absolutely nowhere in Japan. It ain't going to happen. EV charging points are absolutely everywhere. I live in the countryside in an apartment (my town has a single main street to give you an idea of the size). We don't have charging access at the apartment, so I charge my Leaf at charging points exclusively. We've gone on road trips up into the mountains. There are charging points everywhere. There is literally nowhere that I can't go as far as I can tell. Japan is gearing up for EV.