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Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima hopes to make his city a living laboratory for such cutting-edge technology. About 70 percent of the city will be covered by the LoRaWAN network this fiscal year, setting a wide testing ground for future services. True, it's difficult to find a place to test these technologies in a real-life environment as it often requires social infrastructure and the removal of legal restrictions. The city of Fukuoka also carried out two drone tests last November and December between the city center and Nokonoshima Island in the middle of Hakata Bay, about 2.5 km offshore.