Osaka Metro Staff to Become Bus Drivers for 2025 Expo Venue Routes amid Nationwide Driver Shortage

By Kento Fukunaga / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
12:50 JST,
November 20, 2024
OSAKA — Osaka Metro Co., which operates subway lines in Osaka, plans to have about 60 of its employees obtain bus driving licenses to cooperate with the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo. The company is set to loan the employees to its bus operating subsidiary, which will run bus services at and around the Exp...
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