Taxis in Japan are very clean and have a good reputation for being honest and polite. The standards are by far one of the best in the world, if not is the best in the world. Taxis usually get a lot of negative comments hurled at them since many taxis around the world are not well maintained, try to cheat the passengers or the taxi drivers are rude or have an attitude problem.
The strange thing about taxis in Japan is that they use very old Toyota Crowns. Unlike Australia and many other countries where the Toyota Prius is used as a taxi. Why Japan does not use the Prius or any hybrid as a taxi? It is far more fuel efficient that the current Toyota Crown. It is also cleaner since the emissions from the new Prius is cleaner than the old Toyota Crown.
The Toyota Crown is a big car no doubt and the luggage space is good but it is also very old. Many of the taxis are well over 10 years old and some even reaching 20 years old. Since Japan is the creator of the hybrid concept and they sell hybrid cars all over the world, why don't they use it as their taxi fleet?
It is just like Japan still likes to use the fax machine rather than email. It is like they have been stuck in a time warp and only progress and innovate on selected things.
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