Uber Technologies Inc.'s top executive urged Japan to allow rideshare drivers to work independently, rather than obliging them to work under taxi companies, under a scheme meant to address labor shortages in the local industry."There would be a lot more people willing to become rideshare drivers if they could work flexibly as independent contractors," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said at a press conference in Tokyo, adding that the Japanese version of ride-sharing has been slow to take off since a ban on such services was only partially lifted in April.Although Khosrowshahi said the reforms w…READ FULL ARTICLE
