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# Japan debut among 17-race 2024 Formula E calendar
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-e/japan-debut-among-17-race-2024-formula-e-calendar/
- Published: 2023-06-20T17:01:17.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-15T16:59:08.000Z
- Description: Formula E will race in Japan next season as the series released a provisional 17-race 2024 world championship calendar
- Author: Sam Smith
- Tags: Formula E, #image-center-center

Formula E will race in Japan for the first time next season as the series has released a provisional 17-race world championship calendar for 2024 that includes a visit to Tokyo.

The agreement has been made after months of detailed negotiations between Formula E and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The result is a race that will take place on March 30 around the ‘Big Sight’ area, which is officially known as the Tokyo International Exhibition Centre.

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This is located in the Minami district of Tokyo Waterfront City that was set to host several events at the 2020 Olympics, but the reduction of public funds forced the organisation committee to use an alternative location. The area instead served as the main broadcasting and press centre.

Formula E took a [significant step in realising its long-held ambition of racing in Tokyo](https://www.the-race.com/formula-e/tokyo-formula-e-2024-plans-advancing-with-demo-and-layout/) in 2024 last October when a preliminary agreement was reached to begin planning a race.

The all-electric series has been talking to Tokyo and Yokohama about hosting a race for several years but complications with logistics and commercial matters always curtailed a commitment for a race.

![2022 11 07 Tokyo Fe Layout](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2023/06/2022-11-07-Tokyo-FE-Layout.png)

Formula E cars have been demonstrated on the streets of Tokyo three times, with Sakon Yamamoto driving a Gen1 car in the Roppongi area in 2015 and the following year Lucas di Grassi took an ABT Audi around the Marunouchi area of the city.

Yamamoto also had an infamous demo run last autumn close to the planned site of next year’s race, shunting a Gen2 car into a barrier during the run.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has also faced significant sensitivities over public funding projects since the 2020 Olympic Games, which was convoluted in its cost largely because of the disruption associated with contingency plans in and around the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Now though the time is felt right for Japan to embrace Formula E after it has had some footprint during its nine-year history.

The Amlin Aguri squad ran under a Japanese flag in 2014-15 with Takuma Sato and Yamamoto driving for the team at various points during its maiden season. The entity raced on in the second season but under a brief Monegasque administration.

![20 W6i7320 2048x2048](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2023/06/20-_W6I7320-2048x2048.jpg)

Kamui Kobayashi made two cameo appearances in the 2017-18 season at the Hong Kong E-Prix, but this was wholly at the behest of a sponsor of the Andretti team at the time.

Since then, no Japanese drivers have raced in Formula E although Nissan entered in 2018 in conjunction with the e.dams’ operation. Nissan now runs its own bespoke manufacturer organisation and is the only Japanese manufacturer to do so.

There are currently three unconfirmed slots on the calendar that could be partially filled with potential races in Malaga or Seoul, the South Korean that hosted the final rounds of the 2022 season.

### Provisional 2024 Formula E calendar

Mexico City (Mexico) **Jan 13**  
Diriyah (Saudi Arabia) **Jan 26-27**  
TBC **Feb 10**  
TBC **Feb 24**  
Sao Paulo (Brazil) **Mar 16**  
Tokyo\* (Japan) **Mar 30**  
Rome (Italy) **April 13-14**  
Monaco **April 27**  
Berlin (Germany) **May 11-12**  
TBC **May 25**  
Jakarta (Indonesia) **Jun 8**  
Portland (United States) **June 29**  
London (United Kingdom) **July 20-21**

*\* Subject to ASN confirmation*