Regarding "Nissan's spacious wagon cabs hit capital" in the June 9 edition, let's face it, when some rotund Texas "cowboy," who weighs a hefty 160-plus kg, arrives in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics alongside his 90-plus kg wife, the cab driver at Narita is going to need a more spacious vehicle.

Cab drivers will have to start charging not by the kilometer, but by the kilogram.

robert mckinney
otaru, hokkaido

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