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FLYING CARS

The government will cover up to 50% of construction expenses for four takeoff and landing sites for flying cars, subject to a cap of ¥50 million ($313,500) per site.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 25, 2024
Japan to subsidize construction of first vertiports for flying cars
Post-construction, the transport ministry will use operational and utilization data from the facilities to develop guidelines for the construction of future vertiports.
Tomohiro Fukuzawa, CEO of SkyDrive, shows a model of the firm's flying car during a news conference in February 2023.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2024
SkyDrive gives up commercial use of flying car at Osaka Expo
Three other Japanese companies — made by Japan Airlines, ANA Holdings and Marubeni — will also operate flying cars at the event.
A flying vehicle flies autonomously during a test flight conducted by Pasona on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 11, 2024
Pasona conducts flying car test on Awaji Island
The major staffing service group aims to use the flying car as a tourist attraction and during disasters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 15, 2023
SkyDrive's $1.5 million 'flying car' gets its first private customer
SkyDrive started accepting orders from private customers on Thursday and plans to ship the aircraft as early as 2025.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2023
A George Jetson world will start with parcels — not people
Before air taxis start taking passengers, the technology will be tested in moving freight before the public accepts their everyday use.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2021
Airlines plan to plow billions into flying taxis
Flying taxis have moved a step closer to becoming a fixture buzzing across the world’s urban skyscapes after startups in the U.K. and Brazil made commercial breakthroughs and a closely watched effort was unveiled in Los Angeles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2020
Eyes on the skies: SkyDrive plans to launch flying cars in three years
The human race is about to witness another mobility revolution, according to the former Toyota Motor Corp. engineer who now heads the ambitious startup.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2020
Toyota makes new $394 million bet on flying taxis
Toyota Motor Co. is investing $394 million (¥43.3 billion) in Joby Aviation, one of a handful of companies working toward the seemingly implausible goal of making electric air taxis that shuttle people over gridlocked highways and city streets.
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 13, 2019
Fukushima Prefecture sets sights on flying cars to boost recovery and local industry
The Fukushima Prefectural Government is leading a collaborative effort involving companies from different industries and a robotics testing field to invent a flying car.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2019
It's a car. It's a plane. No, it's NEC's personal quadcopter
Is it a car? Is it a plane?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2018
Japan joins race to make flying cars
The government asks 20 companies to staff a panel that will brainstorm ideas to help Japan catch up to its rivals in the new aviation race.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 19, 2018
METI kicks off studies on putting flying cars into practical use
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has launched a series of studies into putting flying cars into practical use.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
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.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
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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