Expectations and Challenges for Jointresearch and Development on Hydrogen Energy Between India and Japan

India and Japan have incentive to deepen their cooperation in the hydrogen field because Indian government is trying to actively in implementing hydrogen in society, Japan has already developed technologies in significant areas for India, India has a high R&D (research and development) capability and has a very structured roadmap for R&D in the hydrogen area. To deepen cooperation between India and Japan in the hydrogen area, the first short-term policy measures needed are a special IP (intellectual property) protection environment in the hydrogen area and the early establishment of a bilateral credit scheme. Once these two measures are realized, it is expected that many R&D projects and actual projects will be structured between the two countries and that many connections will be established between the parties involved.