Japan green-lights minicar taxis in effort to recruit female cabbies

Nikkei Asia | April 29, 2026, 4:07 p.m. | Original

TOKYO -- Japan will allow kei minicars to be used as taxis starting in June, a move designed to encourage more women to sign on as taxi drivers.

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