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by oska 4436 days ago
About 72% of land in Japan is classified as 'mountainous' [1]. Some of this land is used for steeply terraced agriculture or forestry plantations but a lot is left unused. My guess, based on fairly extensive travel in Japan, is that there would be a lot of mountainous land with a good solar aspect situated fairly close to the major conurbations that could be used for solar panel farms.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Japan#Composition_...