As Japan experiences a post-pandemic tourism boom, the re-emergence of illegal taxis driven by foreign nationals is causing headaches for police on the roads as well as powerful taxi companies who believe them a threat to their monopoly.While ride-hailing services that allow private drivers to independently offer their vehicles as taxis are common in other countries, such services, only implemented recently in limited areas of Japan, must be operated by taxi firms that hire the drivers.Illegally operated taxis with white plates are widely known as "shirotaku," or "white taxis," while commer…READ FULL ARTICLE
