Japan continues to be a top draw for visitors from around the world, which should come as no surprise. After all, this is a country that perfectly combines deep culture and tradition with dazzling ...

In response to a serious labor shortage, Japan's taxi industry is hiring more and more foreign drivers. The program introduces the efforts being employed by both the government and taxi companies ...

Japan’s first “ride-sharing” service started in Tokyo on April 8, allowing ordinary people to use their own cars to transport customers during times of taxi shortages. Unlike popular ...

Do you have some thoughts about Japanese officials in Kamakura euthanising a population of meddlesome squirrels? Read more about this issue at the bottom of the page and send us your response by ...

Twelve years after a massive quake and tsunami in northeast Japan, we followed taxi drivers in Kesennuma, one of the affected towns, to experience people's memories and hopes through their eyes.

With only 16 days until the highly-anticipated World Expo event scheduled to take place in Osaka this year, Osaka Metro and SkyDrive, the Japanese maker of the SkyDrive eVTOL, have unveiled the ...

A Bangkok taxi driver returned over 154,000 baht in cash left in his cab to a Japanese passenger who and already returned to her home country.

To help alleviate a nationwide driver shortage, the National Police Agency will allow the class 2 license test to drive taxis, buses and other vehicles that transport passengers to be offered in ...