<Tr> <Td> Other </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1.3% </Td> <Td> 1.0% </Td> </Tr> <P> In 1950 coal supplied half of Japan's energy needs, hydroelectricity one - third, and oil the rest . By 2001 the contribution of oil had increased to 50.2% of the total, with rises also in the use of nuclear power and natural gas . Japan now depends heavily on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy demand . </P> <P> Japan currently produces about 10% of its electricity from renewable sources . The Fourth Strategic Energy Plan set the renewable share goal to be 24% by 2030 . In the next 15 years, Japan intends on investing $700 billion into renewable energy . One initiative the Japanese government has implemented in order to boost the amount of renewable energy produced and purchased in Japan is the feed - in tariff scheme . The scheme encourages companies to invest in renewable energy by providing set prices for various types of renewable energy . The initiatives appear to be working, as renewable energy generation capacity now stands at 26.2 GW, compared to 20.9 GW in 2012 . </P> <P> In the wake of the two oil crises of the 1970s (1973 and 1979), Japan made efforts to diversify energy resources in order to increase security . Japan's domestic oil consumption dropped slightly, from around 5.1 million barrels (810,000 m) of oil per day in the late 1970s to 4.9 million barrels (780,000 m) per day in 1990 . While the country's use of oil declined, its consumption of nuclear power and Natural gas rose substantially . Several Japanese industries, including electric power companies and steelmakers, switched from petroleum to coal, most of which is imported . </P>

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