美国网约车公司 Uber（优步）有望进入日本。日本首相岸田文雄 (Fumio Kishida) 周三表示，日本政府将于明年 4 月份基本解除对共乘服务的禁令，允许一般车主使用自己的车辆为付费乘客提供乘车服务。Uber 十多年来一直努力争取在进入日本，后者拥有 170 亿美元的出租车市场。日本政府官员表示，作出这一改变并不是因为 Uber 多年来的游说攻势，而是日本的人口现状。日本目前约有 23 万名出租车司机，比五年前减少了 15%。与此同时，大量海外游客正持续涌入日本。
American ride-hailing company Uber is expected to enter Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated on Wednesday that the Japanese government will lift the ban on ride-sharing services in April next year, allowing private car owners to provide paid transportation services for passengers. Uber has been striving to enter Japan for over a decade, as it possesses a $17 billion taxi market. Japanese government officials have stated that this change is not due to Uber’s years of lobbying efforts but rather because of Japan’s current population situation. Currently, there are approximately 230,000 taxi drivers in Japan, which is a 15% decrease from five years ago. At the same time, a large number of foreign tourists continue to flock into Japan.
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