Japan is proving a tough market to crack for ride-sharing service providers, and not just because of regulatory barriers -- there is also a relative lack of demand in a country where taxis are safe, affordable and, in urban areas, easy to catch.Many Japanese also do not commute by car so only a few need to carpool, unlike in the United States where Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are seeing growth in ride-sharing."While I do think ride-sharing should become more common in Japan...you can easily catch a cab on the street so there is not really a big advantage to using the service here,"…READ FULL ARTICLE
