Don't get me wrong, my post isn't a love letter to the LDP. But you do need to keep the Japan context in mind: the LDP have been in power for over 60 years. The METI, who drive economic polocy, have been a continuous singular bureaucracy since before WW1. Setting long term development goals and continuing in those plans come hell or high water is the one thing Japan does really well. Just look at the Fuel Cell investments.