The world's first automated driving car practical introduction country may be Japan, the Japanese government is going to develop laws by 2020

In the 17th Future Investment Conference held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on Monday, June 4, 2018,To start regionally limited unmanned automatic driving movement service on public road by 2020,and,To deploy the same type of service at more than 100 locations nationwide by 2030Was raised as a policy issue. Specifically, it is said that legislation to provide unmanned automatic driving service will be advanced.

June 4, Heisei Investment Council | Heisei 30 | Prime Minister | Prime minister | Prime Minister's official homepage
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Future Investment Conference (17th) Delivery Material
https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/keizaisaisei/miraitoshikaigi/dai17/index.html

Japan looks to launch driverless car system in Tokyo by 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-strategy/japan-looks-to-launch-driverless-car-system-in-tokyo-by-2020-idUSKCN1J00VN

As a catchphrase for science and technology policy until 2020,Society 5.0We are advocating. This is a fusion of cyber space (virtual space) and physical space (real space), following the hunting society (Society 1.0), agricultural society (Society 2.0), industrial society (Society 3.0), information society (Society 4.0) Human-centered society that achieves both economic development and solving social issues through a system that has made it possible to achieve a society. "

Society 5.0 - Science and Technology Policy - Cabinet Office
http://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/society5_0/index.html


In order to realize "Society 5.0", it is important to recruit all measures such as taxation, budget and regulatory reform as the "Productivity Revolution / Concentration Investment Period" for the three years up to 2020 as "New Economic Policy Package "Was indicated.

One concrete effort to realize this "Society 5.0" is "Automation"is. "Future Investment Strategy 2018 (Draft)" states that "to realize the" next generation mobility system "including the automation and the smartization of the entire public transportation in the world ahead of the world".

Concerning the practical application of automatic operation, it is specifically described as follows.

· Aim for the realization of mobile service by unmanned automatic operation in 2020 and commercialization of trucks on highway as early as 2022. Demonstration in collaboration with operators with knowledge on the traffic situation in the area and public road demonstration of unmanned vehicle following system will be started during this fiscal year.

· Looking to the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games in 2020, we will prepare for signaling information by 2019 so as to enable cutting-edge demonstration for remote operation and fully automatic operation in Haneda Airport and coastal area etc. as much as possible. To improve the environment such as infrastructure to communicate with vehicles and roadside-vehicle communication.

· In relation to the above, based on the "Outline of System Improvement on Automatic Driving" which summarizes the government policy so that 2020 unmanned traveling service etc can be systematically made, while demonstrating leadership in international discussion, We will promptly develop necessary legal systems in each field.

There was an impression that Japan is lagging behind in the demonstration experiment of automatic operation, but can we get back to practical use after over two years from here?

Prime Minister Abe tried on a demonstration test vehicle of automatic driving technology - YouTube