Japan Official Opposes Plan to Allow Ridesharing Despite Driver Shortage
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Ridesharing as practiced in the US should not be allowed in Japan because of health and safety concerns, a senior official in the ruling coalition Komeito party said, even as the aging country faces a worsening shortage of drivers.
Yosuke Takagi, the party’s policy chief, told Bloomberg in an interview this week that the lack of employment contracts for rideshare drivers would also mean minimum wage requirements might not be met.