I believe that in ten years’ time, by 2027, automated driving will be the norm. The seething metropolises of Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi and Lagos will be developing the mobility ecosystems of the future. Yet Japan faces rapidly aging population, continued population migration from rural areas to the cities, and dwindling local tax revenues. For that […]
Nestled in the mountains at equal distance between the northern cities of Akita and Morioka, Akita Prefecture’s Tozawa Lake is an unlikely place for fully automated driving. But it is now the Japanese government’s first designated location for open-road fully automated driving tests. During the first tests back in November 2016, the test vehicle travelled […]
While popular in many European capitals, the introduction of trams and other light public transport in Japan’s cities outside the largest population centers has proven difficult. These numbers from already 5 years ago in 2012 show the profitability of trams across Japan is rather poor and with a decreasing population, meaning less passengers, the situation […]
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