TechnologyCompanies aim to increase affiliated taxis, eyeing development of robotaxi platformUber's new partnership with Sony-backed S.Ride will let users hail a taxi in Japan through the app they already use back home. (Source photos by Manami Yamada and Akira Kodaka) KOTARO ABEApril 22, 2026 18:01 JSTTOKYO -- Uber Technologies will partner with S.Ride, a Sony Group-backed taxi-hailing app operator in Japan, Nikkei has learned. The partnership will enable travelers from overseas to use Uber's app in Japan as they do at home to book affiliated taxis.