TOKYO — Starting in July, operating an electric scooter in Japan will no longer require a license or a helmet, though wearing one is encouraged, the National Police Agency announced recently. A ...

Traffic violations related to e-scooters in Japan have more than quadrupled in the half year since rider requirements were relaxed in the island nation. There were 1,879 e-scooter traffic violations ...

A little-known startup is dominating Japan’s growing e-scooter ride market, helped by the backing of regulators who for years stonewalled sharing-economy titans Uber Technologies Inc. and Airbnb Inc.

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Airmen can now zip around the largest U.S. military base in Tokyo on electric scooters designed to make it easier for them to get from point A to B. Ten scooters provided by ...

Shimizu showed the first Arma prototype at the Japan Mobility Show back in October and launched a Kickstarter this week to raise money to continue refining the second prototype. It plans to test that ...

The latest addition to Toyota’s C+Walk series was unveiled this week. The three-wheel mobility scooter is being called the C+Walk S and is intended to help Japan’s aging population get around. In its ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt is bringing his electric scooters to Japan, hopeful that his celebrity status will help persuade regulators that the environmental benefits ...