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The Future Is Coming: Paving the Legal Way for Self-Driving Vehicles and Delivery Robots

Attorney Takuya Fujino
2023.05.01

The revised Road Traffic Act (the “Revised Act”) which aims at broadening the use of automated driving systems (“ADSs”) came into force on April 1, 2023.Major amendments under the Revised Act include: (a) establishing a system allowing for the use of Specific Automated Operations, (b) establishing a registration system for remote-controlled small vehicles, and (c) making it mandatory to make effort to wear a bicycle helmet.This article offers an explanation of the amendments referred to in items (a) and (b) above.

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