The Japanese government approved plans to raise taxi fares…
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The Japanese government approved plans to raise taxi fares in central Tokyo by 10% on average, starting in late April.
>Taxi fares in the Japanese capital will rise for the first time since November 2022.
>Subject to the change are taxi operators in Tokyo's 23 special wards and the adjacent cities of Musashino and Mitaka.
>The upper limit on basic fares for a standard-sized taxi will be raised to 500 yen for the first 1,000 meters from the current 500 yen for the first 1,096 meters.
>Distance-based fares will rise by 100 yen for every 232 meters, instead of every 255 meters at present.
>Fare revisions are carried out following government screening based on applications from taxi operators.
>This time, taxi operators said they will use proceeds from the fare hike to raise driver wages, secure employees and introduce cashless payments.
>Meanwhile, taxi fares were raised on Monday in the Tama region of western Tokyo and almost all areas in Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba and Gunma prefectures. The largest revision was in a Gunma district that includes the capital city of Maebashi, which saw an increase of 11.36 per cent.
I'm still waiting for my salary to raise 10%...
\[source https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026031700905/tokyo-taxi-fares-to-rise-by-10-pct-from-late-april.html\]
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>Taxi fares in the Japanese capital will rise for the first time since November 2022.
>Subject to the change are taxi operators in Tokyo's 23 special wards and the adjacent cities of Musashino and Mitaka.
>The upper limit on basic fares for a standard-sized taxi will be raised to 500 yen for the first 1,000 meters from the current 500 yen for the first 1,096 meters.
>Distance-based fares will rise by 100 yen for every 232 meters, instead of every 255 meters at present.
>Fare revisions are carried out following government screening based on applications from taxi operators.
>This time, taxi operators said they will use proceeds from the fare hike to raise driver wages, secure employees and introduce cashless payments.
>Meanwhile, taxi fares were raised on Monday in the Tama region of western Tokyo and almost all areas in Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba and Gunma prefectures. The largest revision was in a Gunma district that includes the capital city of Maebashi, which saw an increase of 11.36 per cent.
I'm still waiting for my salary to raise 10%...
\[source https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026031700905/tokyo-taxi-fares-to-rise-by-10-pct-from-late-april.html\]
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