On April 15, the company deployed 20 ride-sharing cars ... of Japan’s largest ride-hailing app, Go, has launched a new service connecting aspiring ride-sharing drivers with taxi companies.

Waymo will deploy its driverless cars in Japan and will test its technology ... but it has already formed a partnership with Japan's "GO" taxi app, which will presumably offer driverless rides ...

For Go app users, customers cannot specifically request a ride-share car ... from drivers and (taxi) companies before moving forward,” Shiro Yamanaka, who heads Uber Japan, said.

The number of taxi drivers has dropped to about 65% of what it was ten years ago. 03:47 Responding to the situation, this company decided to set its own hiring requirements ...

Waymo, Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) self-driving vehicle unit, has picked Tokyo, Japan as its ... with Tokyo's largest taxi operator Nihon Kotsu and taxi app GO to bring its fleet ...

An eco-friendly airborne taxi from ... a "flying car" in a remote part of Okinawa Prefecture. Their efforts led to what they say is the first "island-hopping" flight of its kind in Japan.