Further to its enactment and promulgation in May 2024, the Hydrogen Society Promotion Act (the "Act")1 – Japan's first law regulating businesses relating to hydrogen and its derivatives – came into effect on October 23, 2024. On the same day, both METI2 and JOGMEC3 launched their respective webpages dedicated to the Act. The overarching goal of the Act is to facilitate the expansion of the use of...