A woman holds a Uniqlo branded shopping bag on a train in the Odaiba area of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Japan's consumer price index (CPI) for October is scheduled to be released on Dec. 1. Photographer: Keith Bedford/Bloomberg
TOKYO: Pregnant women struggling to bag a seat on the famously packed Tokyo subway could find their salvation in a new app connecting them with nearby passengers willing to give up their coveted perch.
The digital match-making app being trialled this week on the metro aims to overcome two problems especially prevalent in Japan: passengers generally have their nose buried in their phones and talking is strictly frowned upon.
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