I think they recently passed a bill to make it illegal, but it won’t be enforced till sometime next year.

Put me down for octopath! I’ve always been intrigued by it’s art style and would love to give it a whirl.

Good point, in the countryside there’s not as much apartment living so it would probably be easier to install a charging station.

The big cities are walkable / have good transport, but the countryside is inaccessible without a car for the most part.

How is Japan going to do that by 2035? Almost nobody has a garage, and there are no charging spaces at the parking spots most people are forced to rent (you need one within 2km of your residence). I haven’t heard of any mandate to get charging spots installed at these rental parking areas, and then there’s the issue of how electricity would be billed. Electric cars are for the very wealthy right now ( in Japan ).