Japan has few tools to shield economy from surging oil prices

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4 Comments

  1. GeriatricusMaximus on

    > But there is not much it can do over the longer term.

    Have you tried to “work, work, work”?

  2. How about pushing for better EV infrastructure and sales? That would be a start to not depend as much on gasoline for vehicles

  3. what about increasing the Feed-In-Tarrif for people who have or would like to invest into solar panels / battery system . There are so low …. while power cie keep increasing their prices every year

  4. Carlos Ghosn was right, when he conceived the Leaf, everyone was against him. Then it was a success. But, Japanese automakers saw it with skepticism, and shelved the idea of EV.

    Now look at where we are.

    Japan is notorious for using the same idea, even when it’s past the point of the success it once brought. Market adaptability is sorely lacking in the EV market, or lack there of in Japan.

    China is running circles around us in terms of EV.