TOKYO (AP) — Very few countries deliver better service than Japan: in shops, in restaurants, or in taxis. It’s called “Omotenashi” and translates roughly as hospitality — or offering customers ...

I just got back from a trip to Tokyo. Like most business trips it involved a lot of time in airplanes, hotels, taxis, and meeting rooms. It was the taxi, though, that was the most interesting for me.

Tokyo’s taxi companies have had to get creative to serve customers during coronavirus Residents of Tachikawa (within Nishisunacho and Ichibancho only) and Akishima, on the other hand, can enjoy meal ...

Better Place is now one step closer to fulfilling its mission of making switchable batteries commonplace in electric vehicles. The California-based electric car services startup showed off the world’s ...

The Japanese government wants the EV evangelists at Better Place to electrify some of Tokyo's taxis, and the cabs with cords could be on the road by January. They will use the Silicon Valley startup's ...

Taxis in Japan have some unique quirks. The rear-side passenger door opens and closes on its own, for example, and you’ll almost always find lace doilies on the parcel shelf underneath the rear window ...

TOKYO -- Tokyo’s streetscape is about to get its biggest makeover in two decades, and just in time for the 2020 Olympics. Toyota Motor Corp. says it will launch a next-generation taxi for Japan in ...

Just in time for the spooky season, legendary haunter Sadako may appear in your taxi if you live within Tokyo. From October 24 to November 6, 2022, 50 ‘Sadako Taxis’ will be available for people to ...

The latest feature from 94-year-old director Yoji Yamada follows a cabbie and elderly passenger on one long, nostalgic ride through Japan's capital.

TOKYOTOKYO — Very few countries deliver better service than Japan: in shops, in restaurants, or in taxis. It’s called “Omotenashi” and translates roughly as hospitality — or offering customers ...