Business Oct 30, 2021
Taxi companies are allowed to provide the service on a reservation basis only. Currently, taxi drivers are banned from picking up passengers not traveling together.
Business Oct 7, 2021
Dynamic taxi fare system that factors in traffic to be tested in Tokyo
The transport ministry said Thursday that it will start testing a dynamic pricing system designed to set taxi fares flexibly according to the degree of traffic congestion.
Business Jun 14, 2021
Flying taxis have moved a step closer to becoming a fixture buzzing across the world’s urban skyscapes after startups in the U.K. and Brazil made commercial breakthroughs and a closely watched effort was unveiled in Los Angeles. Vertical Aerospace Group, based in Bristol, England, won ...
National Jan 13, 2021
Japan's first unlicensed tuk-tuk taxi case referred to prosecutors
A man and his company were referred to prosecutors Wednesday for allegedly operating an unlicensed taxi service in Yokohama using a three-wheeled motorized rickshaw, or tuk-tuk, marking the first illegal taxi case in Japan involving such a vehicle, local police said. The 49-year-old president of ...
National Jan 5, 2021
A woman was killed and five other people were injured Monday when a taxi driven by a 73-year-old man hit a group of pedestrians on a crosswalk in Tokyo, police said. The vehicle hit the six people on a busy road in the capital's Shibuya ...
Science & Health Nov 4, 2020
Tokyo taxi drivers allowed to refuse passengers not wearing masks
The approval of the provision, requested by 10 taxi companies in the capital, could also affect the norms of etiquette in other areas of the country.
Business Jun 11, 2020
Taxis across Japan take to ferrying food to keep the cash flowing
Around 1,300 taxi operators nationwide have started delivering meals as of May 22 to overcome the hardship brought on by the virus epidemic.
Business / Corporate May 11, 2020
In virus-hit Japan, cabs deliver ¥32,000 steaks and boxes occupy plane seats
by Nao Sano
Transportation companies get creative in expanding delivery options to generate revenue as virus negatively impacts bottom lines.
National / Science & Health Feb 13, 2020
Japan reports first COVID-19 death as three more domestic infection cases logged
A woman in her 80s infected with the new coronavirus died Thursday, becoming the country's first confirmed fatality related to COVID-19.
Business / Corporate Feb 5, 2020
Major taxi operator Nihon Kotsu Co. and information technology firm DeNA Co. will integrate their taxi-hailing app businesses April 1. With their integrated services, over 100,000 taxis will be available for hailing, the companies said Tuesday. The integration is intended to increase cost competitiveness, improve customer ...
National Jan 27, 2020
Tokyo's taxi drivers brush up their English to cash in on Olympics
by Reito Kaneko
"There are many ways to ask your passengers to fasten their seat belts. The easiest is to say, 'Seat belt please,' but you should never add the word 'take' as it then means you want that to be stolen," an English teacher said in ...
Business Jan 16, 2020
Toyota Motor Co. is investing $394 million (¥43.3 billion) in Joby Aviation, one of a handful of companies working toward the seemingly implausible goal of making electric air taxis that shuttle people over gridlocked highways and city streets. Toyota is the lead investor in Joby's ...