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DRIVING

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 4, 2018
Toyota and SoftBank to integrate mobility and AI in new venture
The two industry titans said they are setting up a new joint venture to develop autonomous driving technologies and other on-demand services.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 2, 2018
New Kangaroos skipper Greg Inglis suspended after drunk-driving charge
New Kangaroos skipper Greg Inglis has been suspended for two games after being caught drunk driving just hours after his appointment, the National Rugby League said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2018
NTT Data, Gunma University to test self-driving ride services on public roads near Toyosu
A multiday test involving three self-driving vehicles on public roads will kick off Friday in Tokyo, the IT firm and school behind the experiment said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2018
Toyota to invest $500 million in Uber for development of self-driving cars
Toyota Motor Corp. will invest $500 million in Uber to jointly work on developing self-driving cars, the companies said Monday, in a bid by both firms to catch up with rivals in the hotly competitive autonomous driving business.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 5, 2018
How can I ensure my family isn't liable for my elderly Japanese wife's driving mishaps?
Reader B wrote to Lifelines about his worries regarding his wife, a keen driver who is about to become an octogenarian.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 2, 2018
Japan's driving schools, squeezed by demographic change, target foreign residents to stay afloat
According to the National Police Agency's latest statistics, as many as 82.26 million people held driver's licenses in Japan in 2017. Of those drivers, 18.18 million — or 22.1 percent — were 65 or older.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 25, 2018
Aichi team develops self-driving robots to tackle labor shortage in farming
Amid a severe shortage of manpower, a team comprised of researchers from private companies and a university in Aichi Prefecture is working on developing a self-driving robot that uses cutting-edge technology to support flower-growing farmers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2018
Saudi Arabia's women get ready for lifting of driving ban
On June 24, when Saudi women are allowed to drive for the first time, Amira Abdulgader wants to be sitting at the wheel, the one in control, giving a ride to her mother beside her.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 16, 2018
Should the elderly be stopped from driving?
On June 10, a car crashed into a supermarket in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, injuring 14 people. At first the incident sounded like yet another elderly person losing control of a vehicle and causing destruction, but then it transpires that the driver was a 55-year-old man.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 26, 2018
Tesla agrees to settle class action over Autopilot system that was billed as 'safer'
Tesla Inc. on Thursday reached an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit with buyers of its Model S and Model X cars who alleged that the company's assisted-driving Autopilot system was "essentially unusable and demonstrably dangerous."
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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