The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will chill out laws in order that taxis and chartered buses can carry passengers and baggage collectively nationwide. Until now, it was restricted to depopulated areas, however with the growing older of residents and the scarcity of drivers, the purpose is to safe technique of transportation and logistics.
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Deregulation of ‘freight-passenger combined loading’ that transports passengers and baggage collectively by taxi | NHK
