Overseas automakers have launched a wave of new electric vehicles in Japan, a market where EVs have struggled to gain wider adoption.

Independent efforts to expand charging infrastructure networks are also gathering momentum.

During Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga¡¯s tenure in 2020 and 2021, Japan unveiled its Green Growth Strategy, committing to achieve carbon neutrality, or net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, by 2050. The plan also set a target for all new passenger vehicles sold domestically to be electrified, including EVs and hybrid models, by 2035.