The re-routing engine for Japan's autonomy-first decade.

Japan is building autonomy faster than almost anyone, robotaxis on Tokyo roads, sidewalk delivery robots, and a defence push toward unmanned ground systems. An ageing society needs machines that move people and goods with very high reliability. We are the engine that re-plans a route in milliseconds on the craft's own compute, in-region, so it stays fast and precise even where the network drops. The map, the licence and the location data stay in Japan, and stay with you.

Built for how Japan actually delivers

Not a translated template. We tuned the engine for the day you actually run.

Two-wheeler first

Your last mile is bikes and kei vans. Not vans. We route for the shortcuts a car can never take.

Real Japan addresses

The chome-banchi block system trips up foreign maps. So we find the door by landmark, not by a number that may not be there.

Keeps going through dense cities

Signal drops. The plan does not. The whole day re-routes itself through dense Tokyo and Osaka, offline.

Your data stays home

Nothing leaves Japan. It runs on your own servers, APPI-aligned.

Pay in yen, through PayPay. We built this for operators like Yamato, Sagawa and Demae-can. Want proof? Drop a real day of stops into the demo and watch it re-plan — in your own numbers.

Four ways in, all built for Japan

Each is the engine, not the map, so it runs inside your stack, on your own hardware, with location data staying in the country.

Robotaxis & shared mobility

Level 4 · Tokyo 2026 · regional towns

Japan approved Level 4 driving on public roads in 2023, and commercial robotaxis are coming to Tokyo. With fewer drivers and an ageing population, the case for autonomy is the strongest anywhere. We re-plan each ride in milliseconds on the vehicle's own compute, so the route stays smooth and precise even in dense, narrow streets.

Delivery robots & last mile

Sidewalk robots · ageing towns

A 2023 change to the Road Traffic Act lets low-speed sidewalk delivery robots run on public paths. In towns where shops and drivers are thinning out, these robots keep groceries and parcels moving. As a person, a path or a crossing changes, we absorb it as a tiny update in milliseconds, so the robot stays safe and on time without a cloud round-trip.

Data that stays in Japan

APPI · in-country processing

Japan's personal-information law asks for care and consent before location data leaves the country. Because the engine runs on the craft or on your own servers in Japan, routes and locations never need to cross a border. You keep clean records and a clear story for your customers, the data simply stays where it is gathered.

Defence & field operations

JSDF · unmanned ground systems

Japan is standing up new offices for unmanned defence systems and trialling unmanned ground vehicles. Field operations cannot depend on a cloud map or a steady satellite fix. Routing runs fully on the craft's own compute, with multi-craft dynamic re-routing that keeps working when the network and the signal are not there to lean on.

How we work in Japan

Designed from day one to fit the way Japan is choosing to build, high precision, in-country data, autonomy that an ageing society can rely on.

In-region, data stays in Japan

The engine runs on the craft or on your own servers in Japan. Routes and locations never need to leave the country, which sits well with Japan's personal-information law and its emphasis on consent before any transfer.

Open map, predictable cost

It runs on OpenStreetMap or your own road graph. You pay for the licence and your own compute, not a meter that ticks on every re-route as your fleet of vehicles and robots grows.

Built for Japanese precision

Japan rewards reliability and craftsmanship over flash. We ship a clean, well-behaved kernel your own team can host, tune and own, tested to perform the same way on the thousandth journey as on the first.

Proven on your routes first

We start with a benchmarked pilot on your real Japanese routes, so the gain is measured in your own numbers before any scale-up. No claims you cannot check yourself.

Why this wins. Japan's edge is precision, reliability and a clear need for autonomy in an ageing society. A routing engine that is low-cost, in-country and millisecond-fast at re-routing, and that keeps working when the network drops, is exactly the shape of supplier this market rewards, and it is exactly what we are best at.

The proof, measured, reproducible

We bring a benchmark, not a brochure. Every number is reproducible with one command, on Japan's own cities.

99.6%

route quality across 10 000 real journeys

1 500 / 1 500

cities routable. Tokyo · Osaka · Yokohama · Nagoya · Sapporo · Fukuoka

up to 302×

faster re-route · ~80% smaller updates · runs offline

Privacy, consent & APPI compliance

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The re-routing engine for Japan's autonomy-first decade.