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
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
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