Olympics - Taxi! Tokyo tackles tourist boom with accessible cab


  • Rugby
  • Wednesday, 23 May 2018

The registration plate featuring the 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo is seen on the front part of Toyota Motor Co.'s 'JPN Taxi' vehicle at the service branch of Hinomaru Kotsu Co. in Tokyo, Japan May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's taxi industry is undergoing some radical changes as Japan, already dealing with unprecedented levels of tourism, gears up to host two major sporting events in the next 26 months.

More than 28 million tourists visited Japan in 2017 and the government has set a goal of 40 million foreign visitors by 2020, loading more and more pressure on Tokyo's already stressed transport system.

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