After six years in Japan, Uber Technologies Inc is finally coming to Tokyo.
Starting Friday, users in the Japanese capital will be able to hail taxis using the Uber app, according to Tom White, who heads the company’s operations in the country. Uber is partnering with three local taxi operators to make 600 cars available primarily in the city’s central business district and the popular areas of Shinagawa, Akihabara and Asakusa.
"We wanted to do it right, having learned lessons in smaller markets,” White said in an interview."We are in a better position to not just offer a good service to riders, but also to have lasting relationships with taxi companies.” Despite the regulatory challenges, Japan has only grown in importance for Uber. After years of costly battles, ride-hailing giants have struck deals to stay out of each other’s core markets. In 2016, Uber ceded China to Didi Chuxing in exchange for a stake in its former rival. It pulled out of Russia in a similar manner the following year, and sold its Southeast Asian operations to Grab in 2018. That left few reservoirs of untapped growth.
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