The Japanese government plans to begin testing autonomous driving services around the country in fiscal 2020 through partnerships across a wide variety of industries, including logistics, welfare and tourism.

EVERYBODY KNOWS, clearly or vaguely, that someday our cars will drive us around autonomously, but their time of arrival has been a heated topic. While the optimistic argue such cars are only three to five years away, many others insist it may take 10 years for them to become a reality.