Japan has set 2025 as a milestone year for practical Level 4 deployments and aims for nationwide expansion by 2027, with a priority focus on public transport and mobility for aging communities. This ...

Japan autonomous vehicle market accelerates through sensor innovations, cross-industry alliances and pilot programs; rising urban congestion, labor shortages and an aging population sustain ...

Japan, home to the world’s top automakers, has not kept pace with the global shift to autonomous driving, so far led by China and the U.S. But momentum is building.

Honda will begin testing Cruise autonomous vehicles in Japan this year with an eye on launching a driverless ride-hailing service in the coming years. Honda is a stakeholder General Motors ...

A children's book titled, "Ayvee Hickel," teaches kids about the science behind autonomous vehicles and how they triumph ...

Once the Games finish, on-road testing of autonomous cars will continue throughout Japan until 2022, as the country wants to introduce self-driving cars to its streets by 2025.

Japan aims for autonomous cars in the next 10 years Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is launching a project to bring self-driving cars to the country in the 2020s.

So far, Japan has approved the use of so-called Level Four autonomous vehicles in a rural area in Fukui Prefecture, but those look more like golf carts. A Level Four bus is scuttling around a ...

So far, Japan has approved the use of so-called Level Four autonomous vehicles in a rural area in Fukui Prefecture, but those look more like golf carts. A Level Four bus is scuttling around a ...

Japan, home to the world’s top automakers, has not kept pace with the global shift to autonomous driving, so far led by China and the U.S. But momentum is building.