It makes sense for Japan to pursue this strategy from a practical perspective. There are numerous areas of the economy where the national government could focu

It makes sense for Japan to pursue this strategy from a practical perspective. There are numerous areas of the economy where the national government could focus on fostering a disruptive domestic industry, and many with just as much of a potential positive impact on the environment and humanity as electric cars. So why instead of choosing one of those other areas, it would choose electric cars, and help accelerate the development of the one technology that would disrupt its most profitable industry?