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Honda Motor on Thursday said it will start a driverless taxi service in Japan in partnership with General Motors. The automakers along with GM s self-driving service subsidiary will form a joint venture in 2024 and launch the taxi service in 2026 in central Tokyo.
A disruption to Japan's payments clearing network last week was caused by a failure in backup measures, its operator says, while acknowledging that the issue has "shaken trust" in the entire clearing system.