Japanese renewables firms' foreign rivals know it would be hard toobjecttosuch subsidies without seeming callous, given the scale of Japan's post-quake crisis.
Interestingly, the finance ministers of several important U.S. allies (notably the United Kingdom and the Netherlands) objecttosuch a transfer of risk to governments and taxpayers (including through the IMF and World Bank) that is a feature of the Brady Debt Reduction Plan for developing countries.