SAITAMA, Japan -- A drone delivery service operated by mobile carrier KDDI has successfully run a field test to a hard-to-reach Japanese village in hopes of improving logistics for isolated populations with many older adults, covering 7.1 kilometers in about 12 minutes.
A Lawson convenience store in the Saitama prefecture city of Chichibu sent a 3.3-kilogram package to Urayama, nestled in the mountains ringing the outskirts, in mid-February.
