Japan has announced plans to construct a network of hi-tech, automated conveyor belts to transport goods more than 500km between Tokyo and Osaka as a solution to a looming cargo logistics crisis. The ...

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In a recent meeting of Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the group unveiled plans to combat its transportation and logistics sector labor shortages with construction of ...

Conveyor belts are a gift and gift giver. From the rudimentary hand-cranked versions of the late 1700s to the heavy-duty one developed in 1892 to transport mining materials, today, this basic piece of ...

Many logistics companies around the world have high hopes for fully driverless trucks that will be able to operate around the clock without needing to sleep or take toilet breaks. But Japan has an ...

Japan is looking to up its world-leading mass transit game with a "conveyor belt road" meant to be a 320-mile automated cargo transport corridor that will link Tokyo and Osaka. This "autoflow road" is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It isn't enough that Japan already has its iconic bullet train that's the envy of the world. No: it must now construct an entire ...