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.
2014 Extreme Sailing Series 2014 Extreme Sailing Series The 2014 Extreme Sailing Series was the eighth edition of the sailing series and the fourth year of it being a fully global event. The series started in Singapore on 20 February 2014 and ended in Sydney, Australia on 14 December 2014 and took place in 8 cities across 3 continents. For the first time, the first act of the 2014 series was held in Singapore between 20–23 February 2014. The second act of the series was held in Muscat, Oman, usually the first act, on the weekend of 19–22 March 2014. Qingdao, China was the