To help alleviate a nationwide driver shortage, the National Police Agency will allow the class 2 license test to drive taxis ... currently only available in Japanese, making it difficult for ...

Air taxis are set to take off in Japan after a US company received an order for 100 of the drone-like electric aircraft. Archer Aviation’s electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle Midnight ...

Police in Sapporo have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of assault and stealing a vehicle after he punched a 65-year-old taxi driver and stole the cab. According to police, the incident ...

With the increase in foreign tourists to Japan after the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in the number of ...

Soracle, a joint venture between Japan Airlines and Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo created in June to operate electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) air taxis, signed an agreement giving it ...

Last year, both companies signed an agreement where Toyota would provide Joby with powertrain and actuation components for its air taxis. Just last month, Toyota invested a further $500 million in ...

Joby Aviation – backed by Japanese automotive giant Toyota – conducted Japan's first electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) flight test over the weekend, edging closer to the reality ...

Archer Aviation, a California-based developer of all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has finalized a deal to sell 100 air taxis to Soracle, a joint venture between Japan ...

The company announced Tuesday that it plans to test autonomous taxis in March near its headquarters in Yokohama. Nissan (NSANF) will use two of its Leaf electric vehicles for the taxi tests, which are ...

In offering electric air taxi services in Japan, Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR) has teamed with Soracle Corporation, a joint venture between Japan Airlines and Sumitomo Corporation. Archer's Midnight ...

It began early last year when the Japanese company officially opened its US base. In March this year, it joined forces with private air charter operator Bravo Air to launch air taxi operations in ...