Better days are looking really better for Japan, as Sony extended its hands of partnership to various taxi and vehicle companies, in order to start its branch of service in the country. In the same vein, the chief executive of Uber signified his plan to also spread deeper into the cores of Asia. The business of taxi in Japan is a very lucrative one, with maximal aggressiveness in commercial competition. The business is highly dominated by strong controllers in the field, such as Toyota and Didi Chuxing but will the rule continue?

The CEO of UBER, Dara Khosrowshahi

Japan should look forward to better business days in its taxi hiring sector, as Sony plans to stretch forth its hands of friendship to many vehicle-operating outfits, in order to spread its wing of service in the country.

Uber Going Deeper Into The Interior Market Of Japan

Similarly, the chief executive of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, revealed his plans to likewise go deeper into the interior market of Japan. According to the official press report from Sony itself, the taxi service would take the form of Sony’s animated intelligence system, AI technological format.

Sony, which is based in Japan and also one of the largest gadget makers in the world, is collaborating with 6 auto companies, including Daiwa Motor Transportation Plc. The seven giants are working towards springtime to launch the taxi service firm.

Altogether, there are more than 10,000 cars being owned by these 6 companies. They offer reliable services within the central parts of the city of Tokyo. On its part, Sony will handle the huge demand for the taxi by clients, through the use of AI mechanism, which would foresee taxi bookings. Al mechanism would also ensure the availability of the precise amount of vehicles as requested by clients.

Six Companies Will Ensure The Availability of The Amount Of Vehicles Needed 

The public declaration by Sony which revealed its interest in transportation had brought additional rivals to the existing aggressive rivalry in the transportation sector in Japan.

Sony Will Handle Huge Demand for a Taxi by clients

While Sony was rounding up its preparation to launch, the president for Uber, Khosrowshahi, while on his first tour around the Asian continent, came out some hour later to also announce that Uber is working on its finished plans to penetrate deeper into the marketplace by signing its collaboration deals.

Uber Expanding Their Business On Transportation Sector In Japan

Khosrowshahi stated that things are more obvious, Uber would have to start a healthy collaboration in its projects, most especially a business relationship with the transportation sector in Japan here. He also stated that the country is blessed with extremely durable products. His response was in line with the remarks which was reported from the mouth of Bloomberg’s spokesperson. However, these products may be good, but still, they are yet to satisfy the technological evolution it craves for.

More spreading in the Japanese coast came to be as Uber withdrew from certain major foreign markets and there is a plan on whether to bestow the department at Southeastern Asia to its competitor based in Singapore, known as Grab.

Meanwhile, the developed business smartphone in Japan could be a suitable avenue for advancement.

Japanese Laws Checking Acitivites Of Taxi Owners

Stringent Japanese laws are cross-checking the activities of taxi business owners and their apps. Drivers who are not professionals are banned from working as commercial taxi providers. This has made specialized apps such as Uber to connect drivers with old and mature taxi firms. This is an indicator that the major service, which is already in existence in big marketplaces such as the ones operational in U.K and U.S., does not have a full-fledged operational unit in Japan.

A smart collaboration could assists the dream of Uber in gaining easier access to the transportation sector in Japan, as suggested by Khosrowshahi.

Biggest Rivalry – Uber And Sony

The tough rivalry is very permeable at the moment. The two big companies; transportation guru, Uber and the electronics’ maker, Sony, will have to face rigidity in their attempts to push themselves into the already stiff transportation business in Japan, due to the large population of influential opponents. For example, at the beginning of February, the multinational company in Japan, SoftBank and the taxi company in China, Didi Chuxing, declared their intentions to build a business section in the Japanese territory. As a matter of fact, SoftBank is a shareholder in Uber company.

Huge rivalry between two great companies, Uber and Sony

At the start of this month, Toyota, the renowned car maker, recently signed a deal to stake 7.6 billion yen (equivalent to more than $70 million) in the taxi app owned by JapanTaxi.

Prior to this, last month, two home-front players, Daiwa Motor Transportation and Nihon Kotsu, made plans to perform tests on a taxi-sharing system of transportation.