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Tollgates on Japanese expressways are being replaced with those accepting only vehicles equipped with an electronic toll collection (ETC) system at an accelerated pace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/etc-only-expressway-gates-increase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #driving #mlit

Tollgates on Japanese expressways are being replaced with those accepting only vehicles equipped with an electronic toll collection (ETC) system at an accelerated pace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/etc-only-expressway-gates-increase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #driving #mlit

Tollgates on Japanese expressways are being replaced with those accepting only vehicles equipped with an electronic toll collection (ETC) system at an accelerated pace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/etc-only-expressway-gates-increase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #driving #mlit

Tollgates on Japanese expressways are being replaced with those accepting only vehicles equipped with an electronic toll collection (ETC) system at an accelerated pace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/etc-only-expressway-gates-increase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #driving #mlit

The Aichi Prefectural Government is performing demonstration tests with the aim of launching Japan's first commercially operated autonomous bus service on an expressway in fiscal 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/13/japan/aichi-self-driving-bus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #buses #selfdriving #aichi #expressways #localgovernment

The Aichi Prefectural Government is performing demonstration tests with the aim of launching Japan's first commercially operated autonomous bus service on an expressway in fiscal 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/13/japan/aichi-self-driving-bus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #buses #selfdriving #aichi #expressways #localgovernment

The Aichi Prefectural Government is performing demonstration tests with the aim of launching Japan's first commercially operated autonomous bus service on an expressway in fiscal 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/13/japan/aichi-self-driving-bus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #buses #selfdriving #aichi #expressways #localgovernment

The Aichi Prefectural Government is performing demonstration tests with the aim of launching Japan's first commercially operated autonomous bus service on an expressway in fiscal 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/13/japan/aichi-self-driving-bus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #buses #selfdriving #aichi #expressways #localgovernment

Japan’s anti-monopoly watchdog plans to issue cease-and-desist orders to four road maintenance companies over the bid rigging of contracts for road cleaning services commissioned by Metropolitan Expressway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/crime-legal/ftc-expressway-cleaning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jftc #expressways #metropolitanexpressway

Japan’s anti-monopoly watchdog plans to issue cease-and-desist orders to four road maintenance companies over the bid rigging of contracts for road cleaning services commissioned by Metropolitan Expressway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/crime-legal/ftc-expressway-cleaning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jftc #expressways #metropolitanexpressway

Japan’s anti-monopoly watchdog plans to issue cease-and-desist orders to four road maintenance companies over the bid rigging of contracts for road cleaning services commissioned by Metropolitan Expressway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/crime-legal/ftc-expressway-cleaning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jftc #expressways #metropolitanexpressway

Japan’s anti-monopoly watchdog plans to issue cease-and-desist orders to four road maintenance companies over the bid rigging of contracts for road cleaning services commissioned by Metropolitan Expressway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/crime-legal/ftc-expressway-cleaning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jftc #expressways #metropolitanexpressway

A crash that started with a truck on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture on Friday led to multiple collisions involving more than 50 vehicles, leaving one dead and 26 injured. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/japan/gunma-pileup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #cars #expressways #kanetsuexpressway #gunma #snow

A crash that started with a truck on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture on Friday led to multiple collisions involving more than 50 vehicles, leaving one dead and 26 injured. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/japan/gunma-pileup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #cars #expressways #kanetsuexpressway #gunma #snow

A crash that started with a truck on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture on Friday led to multiple collisions involving more than 50 vehicles, leaving one dead and 26 injured. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/japan/gunma-pileup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #cars #expressways #kanetsuexpressway #gunma #snow

A crash that started with a truck on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture on Friday led to multiple collisions involving more than 50 vehicles, leaving one dead and 26 injured. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/japan/gunma-pileup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #cars #expressways #kanetsuexpressway #gunma #snow

Japan's next-generation ETC records and visualizes the driving histories of vehicles equipped with onboard units, and the government aims to harness this large-scale data for a variety of public and economic purposes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/etc-data-use/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #driving #mlit #tourism #localgovernment #disasterpreparedness

Japan's next-generation ETC records and visualizes the driving histories of vehicles equipped with onboard units, and the government aims to harness this large-scale data for a variety of public and economic purposes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/etc-data-use/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #driving #mlit #tourism #localgovernment #disasterpreparedness

Japan's next-generation ETC records and visualizes the driving histories of vehicles equipped with onboard units, and the government aims to harness this large-scale data for a variety of public and economic purposes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/etc-data-use/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #driving #mlit #tourism #localgovernment #disasterpreparedness

Japan's next-generation ETC records and visualizes the driving histories of vehicles equipped with onboard units, and the government aims to harness this large-scale data for a variety of public and economic purposes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/etc-data-use/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #driving #mlit #tourism #localgovernment #disasterpreparedness

Bereaved families and others mourned the nine victims of an expressway tunnel ceiling collapse in central Japan on Tuesday, the 13th anniversary of the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/society/sasago-tunnel-accident-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #yamanashi #sasagotunnel #expressways #driving

Bereaved families and others mourned the nine victims of an expressway tunnel ceiling collapse in central Japan on Tuesday, the 13th anniversary of the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/society/sasago-tunnel-accident-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #yamanashi #sasagotunnel #expressways #driving

Bereaved families and others mourned the nine victims of an expressway tunnel ceiling collapse in central Japan on Tuesday, the 13th anniversary of the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/society/sasago-tunnel-accident-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #yamanashi #sasagotunnel #expressways #driving

Bereaved families and others mourned the nine victims of an expressway tunnel ceiling collapse in central Japan on Tuesday, the 13th anniversary of the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/society/sasago-tunnel-accident-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #yamanashi #sasagotunnel #expressways #driving

While Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of the privatization of four Japanese public expressway corporations, the realization of free expressways in the country is still 90 years away. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/free-expressways-years-away/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #expressways

While Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of the privatization of four Japanese public expressway corporations, the realization of free expressways in the country is still 90 years away. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/free-expressways-years-away/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #expressways

While Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of the privatization of four Japanese public expressway corporations, the realization of free expressways in the country is still 90 years away. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/free-expressways-years-away/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #expressways

While Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of the privatization of four Japanese public expressway corporations, the realization of free expressways in the country is still 90 years away. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/free-expressways-years-away/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #expressways

The Fair Trade Commission has conducted on-site inspections of four companies over suspicions they were involved in bid-rigging for expressway cleanup contracts in violation of the antimonopoly law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/society/ftc-expressway-cleanup-bid-rigging/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #expressways #ftc

The Fair Trade Commission has conducted on-site inspections of four companies over suspicions they were involved in bid-rigging for expressway cleanup contracts in violation of the antimonopoly law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/society/ftc-expressway-cleanup-bid-rigging/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #expressways #ftc

The Fair Trade Commission has conducted on-site inspections of four companies over suspicions they were involved in bid-rigging for expressway cleanup contracts in violation of the antimonopoly law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/society/ftc-expressway-cleanup-bid-rigging/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #expressways #ftc

The Fair Trade Commission has conducted on-site inspections of four companies over suspicions they were involved in bid-rigging for expressway cleanup contracts in violation of the antimonopoly law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/society/ftc-expressway-cleanup-bid-rigging/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #expressways #ftc

The transport ministry will test the feasibility of transporting goods on so-called autoflow roads, dedicated highways for autonomous freight vehicles, from November through February 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/autoflow-roads-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #driving #expressways

The transport ministry will test the feasibility of transporting goods on so-called autoflow roads, dedicated highways for autonomous freight vehicles, from November through February 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/autoflow-roads-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #driving #expressways

The transport ministry will test the feasibility of transporting goods on so-called autoflow roads, dedicated highways for autonomous freight vehicles, from November through February 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/autoflow-roads-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #driving #expressways

The transport ministry will test the feasibility of transporting goods on so-called autoflow roads, dedicated highways for autonomous freight vehicles, from November through February 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/autoflow-roads-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #driving #expressways

Ongoing accidents caused by wrong-way drivers on Japan’s expressways underscore the limits of ad hoc measures and point to the need for more comprehensive prevention efforts, such as redesigning interchanges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/18/japan/crime-legal/wrong-way-driving-expressways/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #driving #expressways #trafficaccidents

Ongoing accidents caused by wrong-way drivers on Japan’s expressways underscore the limits of ad hoc measures and point to the need for more comprehensive prevention efforts, such as redesigning interchanges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/18/japan/crime-legal/wrong-way-driving-expressways/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #driving #expressways #trafficaccidents

Ongoing accidents caused by wrong-way drivers on Japan’s expressways underscore the limits of ad hoc measures and point to the need for more comprehensive prevention efforts, such as redesigning interchanges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/18/japan/crime-legal/wrong-way-driving-expressways/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #driving #expressways #trafficaccidents

Ongoing accidents caused by wrong-way drivers on Japan’s expressways underscore the limits of ad hoc measures and point to the need for more comprehensive prevention efforts, such as redesigning interchanges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/18/japan/crime-legal/wrong-way-driving-expressways/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #driving #expressways #trafficaccidents

A 34-year-old Peruvian man has been arrested on suspicion he drove his car the wrong way on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Mie Prefecture, colliding with other vehicles before he fled the scene. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/20/japan/crime-legal/peru-driving-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #peru #mie #driving #expressways #japanesepolice

A 34-year-old Peruvian man has been arrested on suspicion he drove his car the wrong way on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Mie Prefecture, colliding with other vehicles before he fled the scene. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/20/japan/crime-legal/peru-driving-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #peru #mie #driving #expressways #japanesepolice

A 34-year-old Peruvian man has been arrested on suspicion he drove his car the wrong way on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Mie Prefecture, colliding with other vehicles before he fled the scene. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/20/japan/crime-legal/peru-driving-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #peru #mie #driving #expressways #japanesepolice

A 34-year-old Peruvian man has been arrested on suspicion he drove his car the wrong way on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Mie Prefecture, colliding with other vehicles before he fled the scene. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/20/japan/crime-legal/peru-driving-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #peru #mie #driving #expressways #japanesepolice

Central Nippon Expressway said Friday it will not ask drivers to pay tolls it failed to collect when the electronic toll collection system went down on some expressways due to a glitch last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/02/japan/expressway-no-toll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #etc #nexco #driving

Central Nippon Expressway said Friday it will not ask drivers to pay tolls it failed to collect when the electronic toll collection system went down on some expressways due to a glitch last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/02/japan/expressway-no-toll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #etc #nexco #driving

Central Nippon Expressway said Friday it will not ask drivers to pay tolls it failed to collect when the electronic toll collection system went down on some expressways due to a glitch last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/02/japan/expressway-no-toll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #etc #nexco #driving

Central Nippon Expressway said Friday it will not ask drivers to pay tolls it failed to collect when the electronic toll collection system went down on some expressways due to a glitch last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/02/japan/expressway-no-toll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #etc #nexco #driving

An electronic tollbooth system used on expressways in Japan was restored after causing massive headaches for drivers and congestion at tollgates over the weekend due to a malfunction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/07/japan/etc-malfunction-tollbooths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #etc #nexco

An electronic tollbooth system used on expressways in Japan was restored after causing massive headaches for drivers and congestion at tollgates over the weekend due to a malfunction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/07/japan/etc-malfunction-tollbooths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #etc #nexco