A government panel proposed Wednesday that bus and railway operators be considered for entry into Japan's ride-hailing industry. The proposal was made by the Regulatory Reform Promotion Council, ...

As the global car market trends toward decarbonation, Japanese automakers are now struggling to regain lost ground in their own homeland’s electric bus industry. Electric vehicle (EV) buses are ...

A few years ago, the Japanese government created a new residency category for foreign workers in Japan. Called the Specified Skilled Worker program, the initiative offers relaxed immigration hurdles ...

TOKYO -- Japanese authorities are offering taxi and bus driver's license tests in more languages, in a bid to ease an acute labor shortage in the transport industry by lowering hurdles for foreign ...

KARANGANYAR, Indonesia – With Japan’s bus industry facing a serious shortage of workers, hopes are high for Indonesian bus drivers who have obtained a “specified skilled worker” visa. At a ...