With Japan’s chronic taxi driver shortage set to worsen as international tourists return, operators are turning to new university graduates to make up the numbers, forcing a shift in a profession long ...

Many SDF officers retire in their mid-50s, and most of them hold a driver’s license for large vehicles, creating the ...

From manga artists to independent taxi drivers, Japanese freelancers and small businesses frustrated with the potential loss of a tax break are among the growing numbers pushing down Prime Minister ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Tired of rude and accident-prone cabbies? One taxi stand in Tokyo now lets you select the cream of the crop by separating good from bad drivers. Japan's first "superior taxi" ...

The arrest of the 50-year-old driver highlighted the strict law in Japan against harming the birds, even if they take over balconies or get in the way of traffic. By Hisako Ueno and Yan Zhuang Hisasko ...