# Waymo plans driverless taxis in Tokyo in 2027 — QANATONE > Waymo signed with Nihon Kotsu and GO to launch Japan's first fully driverless commercial taxi service in Tokyo in 2027. Kaynak: https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/waymo-tokyo-2027/ --- [News](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/) # Waymo plans driverless taxis in Tokyo in 2027 15 Sep 2026 1 min read News · Infrastructure Waymo signed with Nihon Kotsu and GO to launch Japan's first fully driverless commercial taxi service in Tokyo in 2027. ## The deal On September 15, Waymo announced an agreement with Japanese taxi company Nihon Kotsu and taxi app GO. The goal is to launch Japan's first fully driverless commercial taxi service in Tokyo in 2027. It will start with a small fleet and grow to about 100 vehicles in key neighbourhoods, subject to regulatory approval. ## Preparation Waymo vehicles have been testing in Tokyo since 2025, supervised by trained Nihon Kotsu crew. Narrow residential streets and dense crowds were the focus. Once approved, rides will be available through both the GO and Waymo apps. ## The US side In the same period Waymo said it was launching in Las Vegas. Earlier in September it opened paid driverless service in Denver, San Diego and Tampa, reaching 14 US metros. Tokyo would be its first commercial step in Asia. ## More articles [News · Funding ### Anthropic heads for a second straight profitable quarter 14 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/anthropic-ikinci-karli-ceyrek/)[News · Infrastructure ### Nvidia announces CUDA-Q Logical for quantum 14 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/nvidia-cuda-q-logical/)[News · Policy ### Trump dismisses calls for AI guardrails 14 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/trump-yapay-zeka-guvenlik-bariyerleri/)[News · Policy ### Anthropic, OpenAI and Google discuss AI testing body 14 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/yapay-zeka-standart-kurulu-gorusmeleri/)[News · Policy ### Dario Amodei calls on AI labs to pace the frontier 12 Sep 2026 · 2 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/amodei-sinir-modellerde-yavaslama/)[News · Funding ### Altman says OpenAI will not go public in 2026 12 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/openai-2026-halka-arz-yok/)[News · Science ### A mapped fruit fly brain is now playing Doom 11 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/sinek-beyni-doom-oynuyor/)[News · Leads ### GPT-Live-1: a voice model you can interrupt, now in the API 10 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/gpt-live-1-yelp-telefon-asistani/)