World's first autonomous taxi starts operating in Tokyo

Pilot project on public roads ahead of 2020 Olympics

20180827 Autonomous taxi test drive Tokyo

A pilot project involving the world's first autonomous taxi to operate on public roads will run until Sept. 8.

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- The world's first autonomous taxi to run on public roads started operating in central Tokyo on Monday.

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