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Japan automated-driving framework (Road Traffic Act amendments)
Japan's automated-driving legal framework under amendments to the Road Traffic Act, administered by the National Police Agency (permissions via prefectural Public Safety Commissions). The 2019 amendment authorized Level 3 conditional automated driving (effective 1 April 2020); the 2022 amendment (Act No. 32) authorized Level 4 'specified automated operation' - driverless, remote-supervised operation with no in-vehicle driver (effective 1 April 2023), with the first L4 approval granted to a low-speed service in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture on 11 May 2023. The framework is vehicle-class-general (covers shuttles/buses; first deployments are low-speed shuttles).
Jurisdiction: Japan · Effective 2020-04-01
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Sources (5)
- https://www.npa.go.jp/english/bureau/traffic/selfdriving.html
- https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2023/0512_002.html
- https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2023/0331_003.html
- https://www.nagashima.com/en/publications/publication20221215-2/
- https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=fa274056-aa09-4dec-ba86-7752757f9a51
Status history
- In effect · 2023-04-01 · editor:DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 5c-2 Asia regs)
Japan Road Traffic Act 2022 amendment (Act No. 32) authorized Level 4 'specified automated operation' (driverless, remote-supervised), effective 1 April 2023; first approval Eiheiji May 11, 2023.
- In effect · 2020-04-01 · editor:DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 5c-2 Asia regs)
Japan Road Traffic Act 2019 amendment authorized Level 3 conditional automated driving, effective 1 April 2020.
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