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'White Taxis' Rampant at Kansai Airport
['News On Japan']
News On Japan
OSAKA - A 37-year-old Chinese woman has been arrested and referred to prosecutors on suspicion of operating an unlicensed taxi service that transported travelers from Kansai International Airport to a hotel in Kyoto.
A news crew documented the police operation at Kansai International Airport on July 7.
The passengers showed investigators a smartphone displaying the names of destinations across Japan, along with an entry advertising transfers from Kansai International Airport.
Unlicensed taxi services have become a persistent problem around Kansai International Airport over the past decade.
In one case detected last year, a vehicle licensed only to provide nursing-care taxi services was used illegally to carry tourists.