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Pregnant woman wants seat on Tokyo metro: there's an app for that
Published Tue, Dec 12, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Tokyo
PREGNANT women struggling to bag a seat on the famously packed Tokyo subway could find their salvation in a new app connecting them with nearby passengers willing to give up their coveted perch.
The digital match-making app being trialled this week on the metro aims to overcome two problems especially prevalent in Japan: passengers generally have their nose buried in their phones and talking is strictly frowned upon.
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