{"id":67679,"date":"2024-11-06T12:35:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T03:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/06\/japan-conveyor-belt-road-tokyo-osaka-plan"},"modified":"2024-11-06T12:35:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T03:35:36","slug":"japan-plans-conveyor-belt-road-linking-tokyo-and-osaka-amid-delivery-driver-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=67679","title":{"rendered":"Japan plans \u2018conveyor belt road\u2019 linking Tokyo and Osaka amid delivery driver shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is hoped \u2018innovative\u2019 24-hour design will also cut carbon emissions, as demand for delivery services soars<\/p>\n<p>Six decades after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/sep\/29\/japans-magic-bullet-60-years-of-the-train-that-helped-rebuild-the-idea-of-a-country\">bullet train<\/a> first whisked passengers between Tokyo and Osaka, authorities in Japan are planning to do the same for cargo, with the construction of a \u201cconveyor belt road\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The automated cargo transport corridor, which will connect the capital with Osaka, 320 miles (515km) away, is seen as part of the solution to soaring demand for delivery services in the world\u2019s fourth-biggest economy.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/06\/japan-conveyor-belt-road-tokyo-osaka-plan\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hoped \u2018innovative\u2019 24-hour design will also cut carbon emissions, as demand for delivery services soarsSix decades after the bullet train first whisked passengers between Tokyo and Osaka, authorities in Japan are planning to do the same for cargo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-japan"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67680,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67679\/revisions\/67680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}