This was a plan from 2017, before (and possibly part of the reason) they missed the chance to lead on battery vehicles. So it just needs updated, as the article suggests:

> The report outlines three key areas where the government’s strategy is severely flawed:

1) The selection of low-priority applications;

2) Prioritisation of fossil-fuel-based grey and blue hydrogen; and

3) The lack of focus on domestic green hydrogen production, leaving Japan lagging behind other nations.