Taxi operators across Japan hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic have launched hot meal delivery services to make up for losses after the government in April allowed them to transport food for profit as a deregulation measure.
Around 1,300 taxi operators nationwide have started delivering meals as of May 22 to overcome the hardship brought on by the virus epidemic.
In April, when the nationwide state of emergency was declared, taxi operators' sales across the country tumbled 62.1 percent on average from a year earlier, according to a survey by the Japan Federation of Hire-Taxi Associations.