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My name is Shraz Amad, and today we have a story about water, energy, and how one nation decided

it wants to make history.

To recap, this season we're asking how society might learn to love the coming revolution in cars.

For these last two episodes, we want to look at one of the biggest driving forces behind innovation.

Governments. That's right, Transformers. governments.

That's right, transformative technologies often need a push by public institutions before going mainstream.

Whether it's in Washington, D.C. or down the street at City Hall, elected officials are setting priorities and roadmaps for our shared future.

And often they're working hand in hand with businesses to do so.

So where should we start?

The word Japan, Inc, didn't just arise out of nothing.

This is Hans Grimel.

I'm the Tokyo-based Asia Editor for Automotive News.

You can go back to the very dawn of the auto industry here in Japan.

It's largely, it had been at least in his infancy largely shielded by the government

protected as a seed industry one of the the pillars of the economy.

Recently Hans reported a story that we're going to focus on today about how the Japanese government

is betting big on a new power source and bringing the rest of society along with it.

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