Japan automated-driving framework (Road Traffic Act amendments)

Japan's automated-driving legal framework under amendments to the Road Traffic Act, administered by the National Police Agency (permissions via prefectural Public Safety Commissions). The 2019 amendment authorized Level 3 conditional automated driving (effective 1 April 2020); the 2022 amendment (Act No. 32) authorized Level 4 'specified automated operation' - driverless, remote-supervised operation with no in-vehicle driver (effective 1 April 2023), with the first L4 approval granted to a low-speed service in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture on 11 May 2023. The framework is vehicle-class-general (covers shuttles/buses; first deployments are low-speed shuttles).

Japan automated-driving framework (Road Traffic Act amendments) is recorded as a other applying in Japan on the DEPLOY registry.

Japan automated-driving framework (Road Traffic Act amendments) is recorded as effective April 1, 2020 on the DEPLOY registry.

Japan automated-driving framework (Road Traffic Act amendments) is currently in effect and applies to covered operators in the named jurisdiction.

Japan automated-driving framework (Road Traffic Act amendments) is recorded as applying to autonomous vehicles on the DEPLOY registry.

8 robot models on the DEPLOY registry match the form-factor scope of Japan automated-driving framework (Road Traffic Act amendments): Apollo RT6, Argo AI Self-Driving System, Aurora, Aurora Driver and 4 others. Form-factor scope match does not by itself establish compliance status; review the underlying primary sources for each operator.