What's New

	*What's New on the website
Autopilot System Study meeting [PDF] (September 2012) ITS initiatives in Japan [PDF] (October 2011) Future directions for the trilateral ITS cooperation[PDF] (October 2011) Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative System and Probe Data in Japan[PDF] (October 2011) Initiatives for information integration in Japan [PDF] (October 2011) As of December 2008, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 23.2million units and over 33.9million units of car navigation systems have been sold ! [PDF] (2009.2.27) MLIT's Presentations at the 15th World Congress have been added. (2008.11.26) Policy for Cooperative ITS in Japanese Smartway Project [PDF] ITS Policy in Japan and Smartway [PDF] New Advances in Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) Systems [PDF] As of September 2008, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 22.6million units and over 32.9million units of car navigation systems have been sold ! [PDF] (2008.11.22) As of June 2008, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 21.9million units and over 31.8million units of car navigation systems have been sold ! [PDF] (2008.9.6) As of September 2007, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 19.6 million units and over 28.3 million units of car navigation systems have been sold ! (2008.2.13) ITS A Collection of Effectiveness Case Studies [PDF] (2008.2.6) As of June 2007, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 18.9 million units and over 27.2 million units of car navigation systems have been sold ! (2007.12.17) MLIT's Presentations at the 14th World Congress have been added. (2007.11.9) Policy for Cooperative ITS - Japan's approach for road vehicle cooperation of safety and environment - [PDF] ITS Policy in Japan and Smartway [PDF] New Advances in Electronic Toll Collection Systems [PDF] "Smartway 2007 Demo" were held in Tokyo for October 15-17.Next-generation ITS services were demonstrated on Metropolitan Expressway. (2007.10.26) ETC Service page has been updated. (2007.10.4) VICS/Navigation page has been updated. (2007.10.4) Various services utilizing DSRC page has been updated. (2007.10.4) "Global ETC and Japanese ITS Information" site has been opened. (2007.9.19) Smartway 2007 Demo - General opening to the public (On-board ITS experience,Exhibition,Symposiums and others) (2007.9.5) As of August 2007, ETC (Electronic Toll Collection System) on-board units had been installed in over 18.9 million vehicles. (2007.9.5) The average ETC utilization rate of the Metropolitan Expressway reached 75.7% (2007.9.5) Smartway 2007 Public Road Test (2007.6.4) ITS HANBOOK 2006-2007 [PDF] is now available! (2007.4.23)
	*Update logs from previous months
As of December 2006, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 17.3 million units and over 25.3 million units of car navigation systems have been sold ! (2007.4.19) SMARTWAY 2007 - the state-of-art ITS service trial - (2007.4.18) As of September 2006, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 16.5 million units and over 24.3 million units of car navigation systems have been sold ! (2007.1.12) World Congress page has been updated. (2006.12.8) World Congress page has been updated. (2006.11.29) SMARTWAY - Open platform for Cooperative Vehicle Safety [PDF] ITS Advancement in Road Systems: Smartway [PDF] Effectiveness of Road-Vehicle Cooperative and Infra-Only Safety System [PDF] Study on VICS Data for Road Administration Use [PDF] As of June 2006, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 15.8 million units and over 23.3 million units of car navigation systems have been sold ! (2006.11.9) ETC Service page has been updated. (2006.10.5) AHS page has been updated. (2006.10.5) Support for public transport page has been updated. (2006.10.4) VICS/Navigation page has been updated. (2006.10.3) Deployment page has been updated. (2006.10.2) Pedestrian ITS page has been updated. (2006.10.2) Increasing efficiency in road management page has been updated. (2006.9.29) VICS/Navigation page has been updated. (2006.6.30) Policy and Budget Information page has been updated. (2006.6.2) World Congress page has been updated. (2006.4.28) Smartway Project Advisory committee page has been updated. (2006.4.28) As of September 2005, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 13.3 million units and over 20.1 million units of car navigation systems have been sold ! (2005.11.17) As of June 2005, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 12.6 million units and over 19.1 million units of car navigation systems have been sold ! (2005.9.28) As of March 2005, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 11.8 million units and over 18.0 million units of car navigation systems have been sold ! (2005.7.4) As of Dec 2004, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 11.1 million units and over 17.1 million units of car navigation systems have been sold! (2005.2.22) As of Sept 2004, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 10.4 million units and over 16.2 million units of car navigation systems have been sold! (2004.12.13) As of June 2004, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 9.7 million units and over 15.3 million units of car navigation systems have been sold! (2004.10.13) This site has been updated! (2004.10.1) Smartway Project Advisory committee page has been added. As of March 2004, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 9.1 million units and over 14.5 million units of car navigation systems have been sold! (2004.5.20) As of December 2003, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 8.4 million units and over 13.7 million units of car navigation systems have been sold !(2004.2.6) MLIT's Presentations at the 10th World Congress have been added. Measures to Promote the Development and Spread of ITS in Japan(2003.12.26) Development of ITS in Japan - Focusing on DSRC - (2003.12.26) Road Management Practice Utilizing Probe Vehicles(2003.12.26) Current Overview of ITS in Japan(2003.12.26) As of September 2003, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 7.7 million units and over 12.9 million units of car navigation systems have been sold !(2003.11.18) ITS HANBOOK 2003-2004 is now available! (2003.11.14) This site has been updated. (2003.11.14) Summary of 2003 ITS Measures by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Road Bureau) (2003.11.14) Study Group on Apportionment of Responsibility Among Multiple Parties in Traffic Accidents Involving Advanced Cruise-Assist Highway Systems (2003.11.14) ITS-HP Archives (2003.11.14) Various services utilizing DSRC (2003.11.14) Increasing efficiency in road management page has been updated. Frost and snowfall prediction system (2003.11.14) Summary of the ETC system (2003.11.14) Summary of the VICS system (2003.11.14) As of June 2003, the number of VICS on-board devices sold in Japan has reached 7.1 million units and over 12.2 million units of car navigation systems have been sold !(2003.8.27) Road Communication Standard page has been updated.(2002.10.30) World Congress page has been updated. ITS for Global Sustainability (2002.10.30) Issues for the Practical Application of Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Systems (2002.10.30) Current Overview of ITS in Japan (2002.10.30) Study of Utilization Measures for Probe cars for Road Administration (2002.10.30) World Congress page has been updated. The 11th World Congress on Intelligent Transport System (Nagoya) (2002.10.23) The 10th World Congress on Intelligent Transport System (Madrid) (2002.10.23) The 9th World Congress on Intelligent Transport System (Chicago) (2002.10.23) ITS Deployment in Japan Benefits from ITS Deployment in Japan(JICE) (2002.10.23) ITS Hand Book 2002-2003 is now available! (2002.10.11) This site has been updated. (2002.10.7) Realization of AHS page has been updated. Proving Tests(AHSRA) (2002.10.7) IV'2002 Report(AHSRA)(2002.10.7) ITS Policies, Budget Information page has been updated. Overview of the ITS Policies of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Road Bureau) for Fiscal 2002 (2002.10.7) ITS in EUROPE page has been updated. Start 4 ITS (ITS Portal site by ERTICO) (2002.10.7) ETC service expanded across the nation (2002.1.11) MLIT's Presentations at the 8th World Congress on ITS Presentation on ITS and Environment (2001.11.27) Presentation on ITS Vision in Japan (2001.11.27) Increasing efficiency in road management (2001.10.4) Support for public transport (2001.10.4) Organizational Structure for ITS Promotion (2001.9.28) The following pages have been updated. ITS Business & Market in Japan (2001.9.20) Standardization (2001.9.20) The Road Communication Standard page has been updated. (2001.8.28) Results from proving tests of AHS (AHSRA)(2001.7.19) Report on Smart Cruise 21 Demo 2000 (AHSRA)(2001.7.19) The ETC service expands into the area of three big cities (ORSE)(2001.7.19) The 8th World Congress (Sydney) (2001.01.11) Latest Development regarding Smartway (2000.12.27) Presentation on ITS Deployment in Japan---Current Status & Future Directions (2000.12.1) Presentation on Advanced Cruise-Assist Highway Systems (2000.12.1)