Japan Aiming To Become Forerunner in Fuel- Cell Cars  

The Japanese government is getting behind fuel-cell vehicles in a big way. This follows recent comments from a Toyota executive that battery-powered cars are not the future of long-range alternative fuel cars. Japan is getting serious about commercial fuel-cell cars.

Government is planning to provide some relaxations in this regard. Japan is also in talks with some other countries to simplify procedures for the exporting and importing of fuel cell cars.