Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets
Speed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowded cities safer.
While the overall number of deaths in traffic accidents is in decline – falling to a record low of 2,457 last year – those involving children and older people on residential roads has remained steady at about 300 a year since 2021, and rose for the first time in three years in 2025, according to the national police agency.