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Prices for home-use solar power systems in Japan fell from JPY 700,000 per kWh in 2007 to JPY 600,000 in 2008, according to a study by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

As part of the “Fukuda Vision”, the Japanese Prime Minister’s plan of tackling global warming and in response to rising oil prices, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has worked out a new energy policy. This envisages subsidies and tax breaks to private households as means of spreading the use of solar energy in earnest. The aim is to reduce the price for solar home systems…