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FLYING CARS

SkyDrive's flying car takes off for a high-speed test flight over the Seto Inland Sea from Yamaguchi on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2026
SkyDrive displays high-speed flying car ahead of 2028 launch
The three-seat aircraft was flown from a test site in Yamaguchi, reaching speeds of up to 86 kilometers per hour.
Toyota became the largest shareholder of Joby Aviation last year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 1, 2026
Toyota sets up manufacturing joint venture with U.S. air taxi-maker Joby
The joint venture is part of a growing partnership between the carmaker and Joby, which makes electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.
Japan Airlines has fraudulently received about ?280 million in subsidies for a state project on next-generation air mobility, sources have said.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2026
JAL fraudulently receives subsidies for state project
The major Japanese airline plans to return the subsidies, totaling about ?280 million. The misconduct may date back to 2022.
SkyDrive's SD-05 flying car during a demonstration event at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center in the Japanese capital's Koto Ward on Feb. 24
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2026
Flying cars take off as support systems emerge, but hurdles remain
A new SkyDrive test flight over Tokyo Bay showed how close Â鶹´«Ã½ flying car plans may be, while also highlighting the challenges that could still keep them grounded.
Joby Aviation has begun test flights of its "flying cars" in New York.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2026
Toyota-backed startup begins ¡®flying car¡¯ test flights in New York
Toyota has invested $894 million in the startup and has been involved in its design and electrification technology development.
A Joby Aviation pre-production prototype electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft at the company's production facility in Marina, California, in February
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2026
Toyota gears up for bigger role at air taxi maker Joby
The Japanese automaker has a team of almost 200 employees working to supply critical parts, training tips and assembly line know-how.
SkyDrive¡¯s flying car unit at its flight test base in the city of Yamaguchi
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 6, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ SkyDrive hopes to have flying cars in service by 2028
Regulatory approval from the Japanese government is key to achieving the company¡¯s goal.
Employees work on the assembly line for the Land Aircraft Carrier electric flying car at a factory of Xpeng's subsidiary Aridge in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 6.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Nov 30, 2025
Electric vehicle prowess helps China¡¯s flying car sector take off
Chinese companies are building on rapid development of drones and EVs while harnessing government support for the futuristic inventions.
An electric air taxi from Joby Aviation flies near the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in Manhattan, New York City, in November 2023.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 8, 2025
Electric ¡®air taxis¡¯ could debut in Japan from 2027
All Nippon Airways says it is partnering with California-based Joby Aviation to deploy more than 100 of the five-seater aircraft.
A flying car produced by startup SkyDrive performs a demonstration flight for visitors at the World Exposition in the city of Osaka on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2025
SkyDrive demonstrates flying car at Osaka Expo
The Japanese startup will hold demonstration flights on a daily basis until Aug. 24.
The government will cover up to 50% of construction expenses for four takeoff and landing sites for flying cars, subject to a cap of ?50 million ($313,500) per site.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 25, 2024
Japan to subsidize construction of first vertiports for flying cars
Post-construction, the transport ministry will use operational and utilization data from the facilities to develop guidelines for the construction of future vertiports.
Tomohiro Fukuzawa, CEO of SkyDrive, shows a model of the firm's flying car during a news conference in February 2023.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2024
SkyDrive gives up commercial use of flying car at Osaka Expo
Three other Japanese companies ¡ª made by Japan Airlines, ANA Holdings and Marubeni ¡ª will also operate flying cars at the event.
A flying vehicle flies autonomously during a test flight conducted by Pasona on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 11, 2024
Pasona conducts flying car test on Awaji Island
The major staffing service group aims to use the flying car as a tourist attraction and during disasters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 15, 2023
SkyDrive¡¯s $1.5 million ¡®flying car¡¯ gets its first private customer
SkyDrive started accepting orders from private customers on Thursday and plans to ship the aircraft as early as 2025.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2023
A George Jetson world will start with parcels ¡ª not people
Before air taxis start taking passengers, the technology will be tested in moving freight before the public accepts their everyday use.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2021
Airlines plan to plow billions into?flying taxis
Flying taxis have moved a step closer to becoming a fixture buzzing across the world¡¯s urban skyscapes after startups in the U.K. and Brazil made commercial breakthroughs and a closely watched effort was unveiled in Los Angeles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2020
Eyes on the skies: SkyDrive plans to launch flying cars in three years
The human race is about to witness another mobility revolution, according to the former Toyota Motor Corp. engineer who now heads the ambitious startup.
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2020
Toyota makes new $394 million bet on flying taxis
Toyota Motor Co. is investing $394 million (?43.3 billion) in Joby Aviation, one of a handful of companies working toward the seemingly implausible goal of making electric air taxis that shuttle people over gridlocked highways and city streets.
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 13, 2019
Fukushima Prefecture sets sights on flying cars to boost recovery and local industry
The Fukushima Prefectural Government is leading a collaborative effort involving companies from different industries and a robotics testing field to invent a flying car.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2019
It¡¯s a car. It¡¯s a plane. No, it¡¯s NEC¡¯s personal quadcopter
Is it a car? Is it a plane?
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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