Earlier in the week we noted that Japan Government is considering widespread deployment of driverless cars by 2020.
Today we noticed another little tidbit in an article at Tech On!
[Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)] plans to clarify the issues related to automated driving and compile an interim report by March 2013. This is the first time in the world that a ministry or an equivalent government organization has started to seriously consider the introduction of automated driving, MLIT said.
The Japanese Government wants two of its parliamentary secretaries to have bi-monthly meetings with Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mazda and Fuji Heavy Industries on the issue of automated driving. In a nutshell: Japan seems to be taking this very seriously.
