Yamato to jointly develop 'flying truck' with U.S. firm

There is no labor shortage in the logistics industry, only low pay and long hours.

Good news. hope they are successful.

There is no labor shortage in the logistics industry, only low pay and long hours.

Very true.

Why do we now have to call these things "flying truck" and similar.  surely this is a type of plane or helicopter?

Interesting, that's good to collaborate with the US on more projects.

There is also the world's largest cargo plane, Antonov 225:

https://youtu.be/KhyzSSAwBosz

One of my son's is working on this project and yes it is viable but logistically very complex. There are other methods to deliver goods without flying products. Give me the $$ and I will deliver the means.

any shortage or surplus is always possible if you alter the wages. the point is, you must look at reasonable wages compared to other jobs, esp the skills needed. a driver's skills are not any higher than say a bricklayer. but because population is dropping in japan, new houses don't get built, and so bricklayers are not in short supply. in theory, the displaced bricklayers could be retrained to become drivers, but there are institutional rules and labor unions preventing you to do that. so driver wages continue to rise. if you say let it rise, then don't complain next time you send a package via an express delivery company. but since you do complain, that means the drivers are becoming too expensive, so your solution of paying them even higher is not a good solution at all. hence the flying trucks and other solutions, IF they turn out to be cheaper in the longer run. this is how technology evolves.