Kyodo via Japan Today: Taxi stand for excellent drivers opens in Tokyo
A taxi stand for cabbies who have been given "excellent driver" awards opened outside JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Thursday. Taxi drivers' organizations in Tokyo annually award long-term drivers who have not been punished or fined by laws related to the taxi industry, and about whom there have never been any passenger complaints. In the Tokyo area which the organizations cover, about 9,000 from among 90,000 independent and corporate drivers were given "Master with Three Stars" and "Excellent Driver" awards. The organizations see the stand as an experimental attempt at customer satisfaction, and will consider more stands if they are popular.
