1st foreign bus drivers in Japan's Shikoku region take the wheel in Matsuyama

MATSUYAMA -- Two Vietnamese men have become the Shikoku region's first foreign bus drivers, beginning regular service on ...
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Bus companies have been organizing job fairs and covering expenses for obtaining driver’s licenses, but such efforts have failed to attract enough young drivers.

Hidemoto Tachibana, deputy head of labor relations and safety at the Nihon Bus Association. The association estimates the number of bus drivers will drop from 108,000 in 2024 to only 93,000 in 2030, ...

Bus drivers aging rapidly; more than 25% over 60 years old

The average age of bus drivers across Japan is around 56, and more than one in four of them are 60 or older, surveys show.

Self-driving buses tested to alleviate bus driver shortages

On a recent winter day, a bus was traveling through an intersection in Tokyo with pedestrians at a speed of 30 kph.
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Japan set to test fully driverless public buses next year

Japan plans to begin testing fully autonomous buses for public transportation from fiscal 2027, according to the Ministry of ...