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ABEMA TIMES reported that management at taxi company Tokyo MK subjected drivers to power harassment, including throwing chairs at them and shouting at them in English, prompting the company to hold a press conference. At the center of the controversy is a 62-year-old owner from the founding family who is also a shareholder in the company. The representative director’s sister, who appeared at the press conference, reportedly said, ‘If the owner comes in and causes another scene, even though he’s my own brother, I’ll have no choice but to call the police.’ Opinions on 5ch were split, with some arguing the drivers themselves were partly to blame for failing to keep up with English training for inbound tourists, and others saying that throwing objects as a form of guidance can never be justified.
Chair-Throwing and English-Language Verbal Abuse Harassment Report: Taxi Company Tokyo MK Holds Press Conference — “62-Year-Old Younger Brother in Major Row With Sister,” “If the Owner Comes in and Causes Another Scene, I’ll Have No Choice but to Call the Police, Even Though He’s My Brother”
Published 9/2 (Wed) 18:48
ABEMA TIMES
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Owner (Matsubara's younger brother) = Yoo Chang-wan
Yeah, that's the kind of company it always was.
Just business as usual, I guess.
This reminds me of the money-grubbing siblings from the Tomioka Hachiman Shrine incident (the 2017 shrine murder sparked by an inheritance dispute).
They're a big customer of Hyundai Motors lol
Losing it is understandable here.
Japanese people's refusal to study is off the charts.
They were paying for materials and lessons specifically to prep drivers' English for inbound tourism.
Then it turns out that of 15 drivers, not a single one knew what "intersection" means? They clearly didn't study.
Of course he snapped.
Sorry, but I get being exasperated and wanting to retrain them —
but throwing chairs and whiteboards? I genuinely don't get that.
They probably still think there's an endless supply of people out there willing to be pushed around like in the old days.
How were they planning to handle inbound tourists if they didn't even know basic taxi-related English words?
Knowing Japanese people, they probably don't even know "station."
Way too low awareness.
The out-of-touch old guard doesn't get it, but it's common knowledge now that "scolding" or "yelling" is basically useless as a teaching method.
They even held study sessions and people didn't bother showing up.
Of course he got angry.
That's what people used to say.
That's also why some of them fudge the cash and taxi vouchers.
They should air one of those behind-the-scenes industry documentaries like the ones made back in the '90s.
Plenty of industries still haven't changed even now — that's exactly why turnover is so high.
No matter how much the world changes, people's personalities don't.
Apparently drivers still have to front their own cash for change and only get reimbursed after they're back at the office.
Talk about zero trust.
Lol, Shincho straight-up printed his "tsumei" (a Japanese alias some Korean residents in Japan use).
https://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2017/12231600/?all=1
> Who else could it be but Yoo Chang-wan, the South Korean national who serves as president of taxi company Tokyo MK. The media used to report on him under the Japanese alias Aoki Masaaki. This time, though, his real name was suddenly used.
> Indeed, Tokyo MK's official website lists the representative director as "Yoo Chang Wan." He's the second son of the late Aoki Sadao (Yoo Bong-sik), the industry trailblazer who founded MK Taxi.
Shincho doesn't hold back, huh.
The sister probably changed her surname when she got married.
The current 100% shareholder (owner) of Tokyo MK (Tokyo MK Taxi) is Mr. Aoki Masaaki (Yoo Chang-wan).
Blaming the job? Is your Japanese okay?
@203
No, that's not it.
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Tokyo MK is part of the “MK Taxi” group, a company long run by its founding family. What came to light this time was the conduct of the 62-year-old owner — the younger brother of the representative director — leading to the unusual scene of his own sister publicly criticizing him at a press conference. Opinions on the thread split between those who felt the drivers bore some responsibility for failing to keep up with English training for inbound tourism, and those who argued that throwing objects can never be justified as a training method, regardless of the circumstances. The press conference was held in response to ABEMA TIMES’ reporting, and for now this remains an internal labor matter rather than a criminal case — worth keeping in mind.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (News Express+) thread “[MK] Chair-Throwing and English-Language Verbal Abuse Harassment Report: Taxi Company Tokyo MK Holds Press Conference — “62-Year-Old Younger Brother in Major Row With Sister”.”
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