MK starts free taxi rides in Nagoya

MK starts free taxi rides in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Taxis of MK. Co. leave the company's depot in Nagoya's Naka Ward on Dec. 20 to launch the company's free taxi ride service, with MK employees seeing them off. The Kyoto-based discount taxi operator will offer the free taxi service in Nagoya and its vicinity for promotional purposes until the end of January.

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