TOKYO -- Japan and the European Union are racing to develop hydrogen, which has long been promised as a clean energy source of the future.
Perennial next-generation energy source must leap production cost hurdles

Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field, one of the world's largest hydrogen facilities, stands in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
TOKYO -- Japan and the European Union are racing to develop hydrogen, which has long been promised as a clean energy source of the future.