The company is in talks with around 10 municipalities. Senshu Ikeda plans to expand operations possibly to neighboring Hyogo Prefecture. Read more
The move follows its previous investments in real estate, supermarkets and other areas as it tries to secure funds to maintain its bus fleet and grow. Read more
The government on Friday added four new industries to its foreign skilled worker visa program as it moves to address the nation's driver shortage by allowing more people access to stays... Read more
Japan is preparing to add four sectors, including the transportation industry, to its foreign blue-collar skilled worker visa, granting up to five years of working rights, government sources... Read more
Twelve people, including several foreign tourists, were injured Friday in a traffic accident involving a bus, a tractor trailer and a passenger car in Furano, Hokkaido, police said. Read more
It was past 10 p.m. on a Friday night in October and a reporter was trying to ask for a cab after a drink in the Kumoji area of Naha. Read more
In a bid to ease driver shortages, the transport ministry is working with relevant government agencies to add driving buses as a specified skill to the specified skilled foreign worker progr... Read more
