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.
Jolla (smartphone) in the stores of the Finnish carrier DNA on 11 December 2013. On 28 April 2014, the Jolla phone became available in Estonia at the outlets of Elisa Eesti, the first operator outside Finland to offer the phone in their shops. On 25 July 2014 Jolla opened the first Jolla store in Kazakhstan in association with Mobile Invest. On 12 August 2014 Jolla was launched in Hong Kong in a partnership with 3 Hong Kong. In September 2014, Jolla launched in India on e-retailer Snapdeal. In November 2014, Jolla launched in Russia. Jolla (smartphone) The Jolla smartphone is a smartphone