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A joint venture between SoftBank Corp. and China's DiDi Chuxing launched a taxi-hailing service in Osaka Prefecture on Thursday. The service, operated by DiDi Mobility Japan Corp. and accessible using a free smartphone app, is aimed at visitors to Japan and others. Under the service, potential ...
Chinese taxi-hailing Didi app to debut in Osaka, possibly in September
A taxi-hailing service using a smartphone application developed by Chinese ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing Technology Co. will be launched in Osaka Prefecture, possibly this month. Taxi company Daiichi Koutsu Sangyo Co. and Didi Mobility Japan Corp., a joint venture set up in June by mobile ...
SoftBank to test Japan ride-hailing service with China's DiDi Chuxing in autumn
The Chinese firm’s app will be usable in Japan, allowing tourists to pay using Alipay or WeChat Pay; Visitors from China dominated Japan’s tourism ranks last year, the firms said.
Volkswagen in talks to manage Didi fleet, codevelop self-driving cars
Volkswagen AG, the world's biggest automaker, is in talks to form a joint venture with China's Didi Chuxing to manage part of the ride-hailing company's fleet of cars and help develop "purpose-built" vehicles for Didi's services. As part of the deal between Volkswagen and China's ...
