Twelve companies—NTT, NTT Anode Energy, Kansai Electric Power, JR West, JR Freight, Panasonic, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Rolling Stock, Hokusan, Imoto Shipping, Kobe Steel, and Nippon Express—have signed a basic agreement for joint research and demonstration aimed at building a domestic hydrogen supply chain model utilizing existing infrastructure.

The 12 companies, primarily in the Kansai region, aim to establish large-scale, low-cost, and low-carbon hydrogen transportation starting from hydrogen production and storage bases, utilizing existing infrastructure such as railways and telecommunications. This will promote the creation of hydrogen demand and the construction of an efficient supply chain.

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