Nihon Kotsu as the "Prince of Taxis." The company was founded as a sole proprietorship in 1928 and reorganized as a stock company in December 1945. It began as a limousine operator and expanded to taxi service in 1940. NK operates the most popular taxi hailing mobile application in Japan, Japan Taxi. Toyota invested 500 million yen in the app in 2017, followed by a second 7.5 billion investment in 2018. Tokyo Musen, a major rival of Nihon Kotsu in the Tokyo area, joined the app later that year in an effort to counterbalance foreign rivals such as Uber and Didi Chuxing.
Good Smartphone Activated Medics Good Smartphone Activated Medics Good Smartphone Activated Medics (GoodSAM) is a cross platform Alerter/Responder application for smartphones co-founded by Mark Wilson, Ali Ghorbangholi and Ali Haddad in 2013. When activated GoodSAM app intends to alert Emergency services as well as nearby individuals who have undergone life-support training and are able to offer aid before the arrival of emergency services to the location of the incident. Good SAM App has more than 5000 registered users including doctors, nurses, paramedics, fire fighters, police officers and potential patients. Since its release the app has gained a multinational reputation in several countries including UK,