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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2017
Uber in the crosshairs as Japan's SoftBank helps rivals raise $9 billion
Uber Technologies Inc. is at risk of losing out on another big chunk of the global market.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2017
What a London cabbie learned from Uber
Uber has delivered a much-needed wake-up call to London's taxi industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2017
Uber's board, shareholders rumored to have discussed sale of shares to SoftBank, others
Uber Technologies Inc. shareholders and its board, led by early backer Benchmark, are rumored to have discussed selling some of their shares to Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. and other potential investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2017
Uber leadership team at crossroads as director steps down for sexist comment
Uber Technologies Inc. director David Bonderman said on Tuesday that he has resigned from the company's board following a remark he made during a staff meeting that was widely seen as offensive to women.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 7, 2017
Uber rival Grab hunts for new deals with SoftBank funding
Grab, Uber Technologies Inc.'s fiercest rival in Southeast Asia, is hunting for deals with funding from its biggest backer SoftBank.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2016
Populism thrives off the automation revolution
The world is on the verge of massive change on the scale of the Industrial Revolution.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2016
Uber embarks on unconventional strategy in Japanese countryside
In a small coastal town on the Sea of Japan, Uber Technologies Inc. is deploying an unusual strategy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Aug 2, 2016
Didi's dominance of Uber in China offers road map for ride-hailing competitors
China ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing's dominance of Uber Technologies Inc. in the China market may provide a play book for other regional rivals to fend off the biggest U.S. ride-hailing company, especially in other Asian countries.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2016
Uber to sell Chinese unit to local rival Didi
Uber Technologies Inc. will sell its China business to Didi Chuxing, the dominant ride-hailing service in the country, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal ends a costly battle between the two companies, which competed for customers and drivers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2016
City mayors forging alliance over Airbnb and Uber
Uber Technologies Inc. and Airbnb Inc. have set their sights on global expansion. They are about to face a global response.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2016
Toyota to invest in Uber, offer leasing to drivers
Toyota Motor Corp. said it is making a strategic investment in Uber Technologies Inc. as automakers race to align themselves with the fast-growing ride-hailing industry. The companies will also work together on offering auto leases to Uber drivers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 21, 2016
Whither the taxi in a withering Japan?
Taxi revenues have been dropping steadily in recent years mainly due to demographic changes, but their main problem is handling moment-to-moment supply and demand.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 11, 2016
Collaboration aims to resolve senior transportation challenges
Toyota Motor Corp. has started a three-year collaboration with Nagoya University, providing ¥360 million through its Toyota Mobility Foundation to facilitate transport for elderly residents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 5, 2016
Detroit-Silicon Valley crossover: GM antes up $500 million to forge self-driving car partnership with Lyft
General Motors Inc. and Lyft Inc. on Monday set out plans to develop an on-demand network of self-driving cars as the U.S. No. 1 automaker announced it would put $500 million into the ride-sharing service's latest $1 billion fundraising round.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 22, 2015
Japan's pioneer power steering maker feels threatened by advent of driverless cars
A Japanese company that once revolutionized the auto industry by inventing electric power steering now finds itself on the wrong side of the latest technology innovation: driverless cars.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2015
Slovak cabbies latest to wage protest over presence of Uber
Hundreds of taxi drivers jammed the center of Slovakia's capital on Monday in the latest demonstration in Europe against popular ride-hailing service Uber.
COMMENTARY / World
May 18, 2015
Uber will spell the end of London's black cabs
While there are sentimental reasons to lament the demise of black cabs, Londoners should treat it as a sign of progress.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 1, 2015
Uber driver who dropped woman off at Denver airport accused of later trying to burglarize her house
Police arrested a 51-year-old driver for the Uber car service on Wednesday who is accused of trying to burglarize a Denver woman's home after he dropped her off at the city's airport, authorities said.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2015
India warns Uber, Ola over resuming taxi services
Authorities in New Delhi asked Uber Technologies Inc. and its Indian rival, Ola, on Tuesday to cease operations, saying that otherwise their applications for radio-taxi licences would not be processed, letters seen by Reuters show.
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A Moka Railway train car
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Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
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Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
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133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
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Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
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