Japan Post Co will conduct a trial of self-driving delivery vehicles on public roads in Tokyo next week with an eye to introducing a fleet by 2020 to cope with driver shortages.
Ahead of the trial, the company held a ceremony at its headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday and demonstrated a self-driving vehicle on a nearby public road.
Japan Post President Kunio Yokoyama said at the ceremony that the company has a “social responsibility” to offer delivery services in a sustainable manner. “The introduction of self-driving vehicles is a pressing agenda,” he said.
Japan Today
HINTS
S Japan Post Co 日本郵便
S [will conduct] 実施します
O a trial 試験
どんな→ [of] self-driving delivery vehicles 自動運転宅配車
補
[on] public roads 一般道で
どんな→[in] Tokyo next week 東京 来週
[with] an eye 注目によって
どんな→ V[to introducing] 導入するため
O a fleet 艦隊
[by] 2020 2020年より
V [to cope] 対処するため
補 [with] driver shortages. ドライバー不足 によって
補
Ahead 先に
どんな→[of] the trial, トライアルの
S the company 会社
V [held] 保った
O a ceremony 式
どんな→[at] its headquarters 本部の
どんな→[in] Tokyo 東京
補 [on] Wednesday 水曜
and
V [demonstrated] 説明した
O a self-driving vehicle 自動運転車
補 [on] a nearby public road. 近所の 一般道で