Didi takes aim at Japan's taxi market

Tokyo Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing announced a deal with Japanese telecom firm SoftBank on Friday to develop a taxi app in Japan, where services like Uber have struggled to make inroads. SoftBank and Didi Chuxing announced a"partnership to provide platform services for the taxi industry"with trial runs expected to be launched in major Japanese cities"within the year". (afp)