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Japan: City of Chiba, Amazon to test delivery drones in special deregulation zone

Thursday 24 December 2015 07:45 CET | News

The city of Chiba is set to start testing delivery services using drones after it was designated as a special deregulation zone by the government, japantimes.co.jp reports.

At the meeting of the Council on National Strategic Special Zones, chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the government also designated as special zones Hiroshima Prefecture, the city of Imabari in Ehime Prefecture, and the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture.

Amazon.com Inc. is expected to join the test project, according to sources cited by japantimes.co.jp.


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