Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing will scale back its core business reach in Japan as coronavirus-induced travel restrictions reduce demand for taxis in the country.
According to a statement released on its Japanese website, the SoftBank -backed company will entirely halt its taxi-hailing service in 11 prefectures including Aomori, Akita and Niigata from July 1 in Japan, a market it tapped into in September 2018.
The service will also be partly suspended in Hokkaido and the prefectures of Hyogo, Hiroshima and Okinawa, the statement said.The move could be seen as a reversal on Didi’s ambitious plans for the Japan market, where […]
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