Lawson, Rakuten begin drone delivery trial in Fukushima

Convenience store chain Lawson Inc. and e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. on Tuesday launched a drone delivery trial in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster.The first such trial in the country, aimed at making shopping easier in an area with an aging population, will run for six months to explore the possibility of turning it into a commercial service.After receiving an order from a mobile catering car, a drone will deliver products from a convenience store. When Tsuguo Takano, 70, ordered fried chicken and other products that were not available in the …READ FULL ARTICLE