FY2026 Automated Logistics Roads: Social Implementation Demo, Businesses Chosen
Overview
The Road Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is promoting the development of automated logistics roads to address the logistics crisis and achieve carbon neutrality. For the demonstration experiment aimed at social implementation, publicly solicited from July 22 to August 21, 2026, participating businesses have been selected. Going forward, the experiment plan will be coordinated with the selected businesses.
Key points
- Businesses participating in the FY2026 demonstration experiment have been selected.
- The public solicitation period was from July 22, 2026, to August 21, 2026.
- Going forward, the experiment plan will be coordinated with the selected businesses.
Overview
The Road Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is promoting the development of a new logistics system called automated logistics roads, which establishes dedicated logistics spaces within road areas and transports cargo using unmanned and automated transport systems powered by clean energy. This announcement reports the selection of participating businesses for the demonstration experiment aimed at the social implementation of FY2026 automated logistics roads.
The announcement date is September 8, 2026.
Impact
Automated logistics roads are being promoted as a new logistics system to address the logistics crisis and achieve carbon neutrality.
Details
The selected businesses are those listed in the attached materials. This demonstration experiment was publicly solicited as an initiative aimed at the social implementation of FY2026 automated logistics roads, and the public solicitation period was from July 22, 2026, to August 21, 2026. Following the selection, the Road Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the selected businesses will coordinate the experiment plan toward implementation.
Automated logistics roads establish dedicated logistics spaces within road areas and transport cargo using unmanned and automated transport systems powered by clean energy.