Kinokawa City Launches Full-Scale 'Sky Regional Infrastructure' Drone Project
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- Kinokawa City Launches Full-Scale 'Sky Regional Infrastructure' Drone Project
- Kinokawa City in Wakayama Prefecture has launched a full-scale project to build 'sky regional infrastructure' using drones to address population decline and aging. The project focuses on disaster prevention, logistics, and agriculture, and utilizes national subsidies.
- Source: PR Times
- Date: June 3, 2026
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Kinokawa City in Wakayama Prefecture has launched a full-scale project to build 'sky regional infrastructure' using drones to address population decline and aging. The project focuses on disaster prevention, logistics, and agriculture, and utilizes national subsidies.
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- Kinokawa City Launches Full-Scale 'Sky Regional Infrastructure' Drone Project (June 3, 2026), PR Times
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- PR Times
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- June 3, 2026
Kinokawa City in Wakayama Prefecture has launched a full-scale project to build 'sky regional infrastructure' using drones to address population decline and aging. The project focuses on disaster prevention, logistics, and agriculture, and utilizes national subsidies.
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Kinokawa City, Wakayama Prefecture (Mayor: Ken Kishimoto) has officially launched a project to build 'sky regional infrastructure' using drones, aiming to promote the social implementation of drones as a new regional infrastructure to support sustainable community development in areas facing population decline and aging.
This project designates three key areas: disaster prevention, logistics, and agriculture. It aims to create a regional model that can be utilized both in normal times and during emergencies. The project will be implemented in collaboration with companies participating in the 'Kinokawa City Drone Social Implementation Promotion Consortium,' established in fiscal year 2025, and has been selected for the national 'Regional Future Grant' (subsidy rate of 1/2).
Due to population decline and aging, local regions are required to address many challenges, including securing disaster response capabilities, maintaining logistics functions, and ensuring a workforce for agriculture.
In this context, drones are expected to serve as 'sky infrastructure,' a new technology that contributes to solving regional issues. Through demonstrations, training, and exhibitions in the fields of disaster prevention, logistics, and agriculture, Kinokawa City aims to build a system that can be used in normal times and realize a sustainable drone utilization model that also functions during emergencies.
The city aims to implement drones not just as a demonstration but as infrastructure rooted in the local community.
Going forward, by strengthening collaboration with consortium member companies and related organizations, the city will advance initiatives in disaster prevention, logistics, and agriculture, aiming to become a leading area for drone utilization in rural regions.
Kinokawa City Planning Department, Planning and Management Division
TEL: 0736-77-2511
FAX: 0736-77-4910
E-MAIL: k030600-001@city.kinokawa.lg.jp
FAQ
What is the purpose of this project?
To implement drones as new regional infrastructure to support sustainable community development in areas facing population decline and aging.
What are the key focus areas?
Disaster prevention, logistics, and agriculture.
When does the project start?
It has already started as of the announcement of this article.