Anyone who has tried to hail a cab in the rain would tell you there is
no such thing as too many taxis. But Japanese lawmakers apparently
disagree. One item of particular note to emerge from an extraordinary
session of parliament that ended Sunday, according to Credit Suisse’s
Japan Economics research team, was a piece of legislation that will
actually reduce the number of cabs on the streets of Japan. The new
rules are aimed at improving conditions for drivers suffering from more
intense competition, but the upshot will be that taxi operators are
forced to reduce the size of their fleets and restrict operating hours
in certain parts of the country starting in January. And say goodbye to
cheap fares, because it also requires cab owners to hike their prices if
they are deemed too low by industry standards. The law was backed by
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition
partner New Komeito and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan.
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