Electric vehicles promoted in Japan as a safer choice for older drivers

Hiroshige Seko, a minister for Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry rides an electric chair during a demonstration at the ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. The event was held to promote electric vehicles as a way to reduce the number of accidents caused by the country's elderly drivers, one of the various challenges Japan is facing because of its aging population. [Photo: IC]