> Tokyo taxis have world class service, and it is perhaps not a coincidence that Uber has only a tiny presence there Funny you mention this. I actually had a b

> Tokyo taxis have world class service, and it is perhaps not a coincidence that Uber has only a tiny presence there Funny you mention this. I actually had a bad taxi experience in Japan of all places: asked the hotel to call for one multiple times, 40 minutes later it never showed up, so I requested an Uber, and got a car in 5 minutes (this was in Kyoto, though, not Tokyo)