Declaration of emergency The city of Osaka is quietly taxi… 15: 21 on April 9
The city of Osaka is quieter than usual, with the emergency call being issued to Osaka Prefecture and others on the 9th day of the second day when companies are being called on to work from home.
The taxi industry has been heavily affected by the decline in traffic.
At the taxi stand in downtown Osaka's downtown area, taxis waiting for customers so that they could not fit in the parking lot were lined up.
Among them, a driver with 20 years of driving experience said, “Everywhere you go with an adult emergency declaration, there are no people and you can only wait at the station because there is no place to go. Today I went to work at 4:00 in the morning and already passed 10 o’clock We have only four sets of passengers, but there has been a recession but this has not happened. "
According to a 70-year-old male driver, "I am taking measures such as alcohol disinfection, ventilation and putting on a mask, but it is difficult for customers to catch it. I am scared of infection but I have to work for my life I can't make a declaration, but I want you to take some measures such as compensation. "
The Osaka Taxi Association, which has about 70% of taxi companies in Osaka Prefecture, scrutinized the sales of the five major companies in the prefecture, and found that the spread of infection began on the 1st to 14th of the same month in the previous year. Compared to about 76%, a decrease of more than 20%.
Mr. Nobuo Ida, Managing Director of the Osaka Taxi Association, has raised a sense of danger that "sales have further decreased and some drivers have heard that they are worried that life will not be possible. Some companies will collapse if left unchecked." .
For this reason, the association is working with taxi associations nationwide to request the government to expand public financing.
"I don't know how long this situation will last. I can't make any plans for the business. Yes. "