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Japan: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry declaration on advancing autonomous delivery robots

Progress

Current status
adopted
26 Feb 2025 adopted

Scope

Implementers
Japan
Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Authorisation of goods or services
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
technological consumer goods
infrastructure provider: other
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

26 Feb 2025
adopted

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry adopted report on advancing autonomous delivery robots

On 26 February 2025, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) presented a report on the social implementation of autonomous delivery robots to address logistics labour shortages. Since July 2024, a working group involving experts and busin…

Source
Event type outline
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body

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