The Olympics may put a major spotlight on its host city, but the games also present a major logistical challenge. When Tokyo hosts the Summer Olympics in 2020, some companies believe self-driving cars ...

On April 14, Waymo will start testing its robotaxi technology outside the US for the first time. As Yomiuri Shimbun reports, the company will deploy 25 of its electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles in Tokyo ...

TOKYO -- A section of one of Japan's busiest expressways connecting Tokyo and Nagoya will be set aside for self-driving trucks in fiscal 2024 as part of government plans to cope with a severe shortage ...

Pacifico Yokohama may experience some déjà vu when the inaugural Tokyo Gendai (July 7–9) arrives this week. The same venue also hosted the first Art Fair Tokyo back in 1992. While the Japanese art ...

(MENAFN- Asia Times) Waymo has announced plans to bring its self-driving taxis to Tokyo in early 2025, beating Japanese automakers to the draw and stealing a march on Tesla's robotaxi in the largest ...

Autonomous vehicles and hydrogen cars are two of today’s most futuristic transportation technologies – and Mercedes-Benz just combined the two in its new Vision Tokyo car. The concept vehicle looks ...

Toyota will put on a technological show for the world when all eyes are on Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic Games. This will include the demonstration of a Level 4 self-driving car to highlight Toyota's ...

Following a report that Hyundai will use the 2018 Winter Olympics in its home country of South Korea to show off its autonomous vehicles, it appears Toyota will do the same thing two years later: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Lyon is based in Tokyo and writes about the car industry. Backed by full government and academia support, Japan’s car ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Janet covers drugs, society, labor and more. It seems like Rio's 2016 glories wrapped up only yesterday, but Japanese government ...

On May 15, a passenger car was driving through Higashimurayama, Tokyo, when it was suddenly struck from behind by a Harley Davidson three-wheeled motorcycle. However, rather than following the proper ...

“A chill-out zone in the midst of the megacity traffic mayhem,” Mercedes-Benz calls its latest self-driving concept car, the Vision Tokyo — so named because it’s being introduced this week at the ...