{"id":126663,"date":"2019-10-16T17:26:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T08:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=126663&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2019-10-16T17:26:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T08:26:58","slug":"jr-kyushu-developing-autonomous-trains","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/jr-kyushu-developing-autonomous-trains\/","title":{"rendered":"JR Kyushu Developing Autonomous Trains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JR Kyushu is developing an automated system for train operation without condoctors. This is seen as preparatory measure as the nation faces a declining workforce amidst the nation&#8217;s depopulation. The company aims to test the system by the fiscal year of 2021. The computer system will reflect location information, speed, weather and other factors to calculate the most efficient and safe operation. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXMZO50753130Y9A001C1LX0000\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei Shimbun<\/a>, 10\/8\/2019<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1600px-JR_Kyushu_813-200-RM233-Kagoshima_Main_Line-Dazaifu-20090904-154928.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-126708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1600px-JR_Kyushu_813-200-RM233-Kagoshima_Main_Line-Dazaifu-20090904-154928.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1600px-JR_Kyushu_813-200-RM233-Kagoshima_Main_Line-Dazaifu-20090904-154928.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1600px-JR_Kyushu_813-200-RM233-Kagoshima_Main_Line-Dazaifu-20090904-154928.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1600px-JR_Kyushu_813-200-RM233-Kagoshima_Main_Line-Dazaifu-20090904-154928.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> Photo for image purpose only. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:JR_Kyushu_813-200-RM233-Kagoshima_Main_Line-Dazaifu-20090904-154928.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amayagan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area related news for the benefit of those who cannot read Japanese. Contents posted here are mostly summaries of publicly posted news stories from Japanese media organizations. Errors might occur during translation. Those errors are ours, and not the news source\u2019s. Photos and images are sourced separately and are for illustrative purposes only. Please use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/contact\/\">this form<\/a> to send feedback and questions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JR Kyushu is developing an automated system for train operation without condoctors. This is seen as preparatory measure as the nation faces a declining workforce amidst the nation&#8217;s depopulation. The company aims to test the system by the fiscal year of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27918,"featured_media":126708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-126663","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/126663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}