Japan Post Deliveries from the Sky
Japan Post is joining forces with Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory (ACSL), a domestic drone manufacturer, to start delivering mail by air. Japan Post Group announced its plans to collaborat…
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Idemitsu Entering Electric Car Business
Idemitsu Kosan, mainly known an an oil refining company, has reportedly decided to enter the electric car market this year in partnership with the Tajima Motor Corporation. This news, which was …
World’s Fastest Electric Car
Osaka-based Aspark Co. has developed what it calls the “the fastest accelerating car in the world,” which can go from from 0 to 60 mph in 1.69 seconds. The Aspark Owl, which the company als…
Osaka Reaches for the Skies
Osaka Prefecture has launched a new organization with the objective of establishing commercial flying car services by 2023. Launched in an event held on the 17th, the new group goes by an unwiel…
Honda Has Beaten Everyone To Level 3 Autonomy
Autonomous driving technology has proven to be a lot more difficult to bring to market than any of the major automakers seemed to have planned for. Mercedes-Benz is no longer pursuing the tech, …
Best Train Lines for Living in Tokyo: The Tokyu Toyoko Line
When searching for an apartment in Tokyo, one of the most important decisions you can make is which train line you’re on. The commute, rush hour, neighborhood restaurants, supermarkets, and parks are…
Semi-autonomous vehicle brings future to Japanese mountain village
Asa Ishikami has seen much change in her 85 years of life, and now she is witnessing the future of travel come to her remote northeastern Japan mountain village. Having watched her village'…
Japan’s ‘flying car’ gets off ground, with a person aboard
The decades-old dream of zipping around in the sky as simply as driving on highways may be becoming less illusory. Japan’s SkyDrive Inc., among the myriads of “flying car” projects around t…
Hands on: Sony Vision-S concept car review
Undoubtedly the most surprising moment at CES 2020 so far was when Sony drove it’s prototype Vision-S car out onto its stand at the Sony press conference. The Sony Vision-S is a fully opera…
Sony as Automaker
At a recent trade show, Sony unveiled a prototype car called the Vision-S, surprising many observers who didn’t realize that firm is serious about its ambitions as an automaker.