{
  "id": 5494367,
  "title": "Woven by Toyota, Shizuoka Prefecture Sign Partnership Pact",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/woven-by-toyota-shizuoka-prefecture-sign-partnership-pact",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-04T04:27:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026090300918/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 4, Toyota Motor Corp.'s Woven City demonstration area in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, signed a partnership agreement with the Shizuoka prefectural government. The collaboration aims to jointly test a system designed to eliminate traffic accidents using mobility technologies and infrastructure data this fiscal year.\n\nThe partnership also opens the door to testing self-driving technology in Shizuoka. Woven by Toyota CEO Hajime Kumabe emphasized that the agreement marks a significant step towards spreading innovation from Shizuoka to Japan.\n\nShizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki expressed his hope that Woven by Toyota will fully utilize the prefecture's expansive fields for its experiments.",
  "summary": "Susono, Shizuoka Pref., Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)--Woven by Toyota Inc., a Japanese company that runs a demonstration area for next-generation mobility technologies, signed a partnership agreement with the Shizuoka prefectural government on Thursday. The Toyota Motor Corp. unit that operates the Woven City demonstration area and the central Japan prefecture will jointly test a system aiming at el...",
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}