Regular drone flights that connect Awashima in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture, and Suda Port in Mitoyo City, which float in the Seto Inland Sea, will begin operation.The world's first scheduled drone flight for delivery of daily necessities and medicines to remote islands. It aims to.

 According to Kagawa University, it is Kamomeya, a drone operating company headquartered in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, that operates regular drone flights.With support from Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd., which has a capital and business alliance, we will start transporting daily necessities to the residents of Awashima from August 8.

 The route is about 4.2 km between Awashima and Suda Port.Kamomeya employees who receive a request for a product from the islanders purchase the product in Takamatsu City and carry the luggage up to 1 kg three times daily.In the future, we are planning to use the drone for land transportation on the island.On the 3th of the day of service, Kagawa University will hold a ceremony to commemorate the opening of the brewery experience-type guesthouse "Mitoyo Tsuru" in Takuma, Takuma-cho, Mitoyo-shi.

 Awashima is a remote island in the Seto Inland Sea off the coast of Mitoyo City, where about 130 households and a little less than 200 people live.As the population declines rapidly, the aging rate, which indicates the percentage of the total population of the elderly aged 65 and over, has reached 85% or more.
Although there are shipping services that operate between Mitoyo City and Awashima, living on remote islands is becoming more inconvenient.Since there are no full-time doctors at the Awashima Clinic, the need for telemedicine is increasing.

reference:[Kagawa University] "World's First" Drone Long-Term Regular Service Commemorative Ceremony for Remote Islands-Toward the Social Implementation of Telemedicine-

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