Agreement between Tsurumi Station East Exit Taxi Stand Management Council and Tsurumi Police Station Agreement on Community Safety

The Kanagawa Prefecture Taxi Association (located in Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Chairman: Hiroshi Ito) began operating a real-time monitoring system of the cab stand at the East Exit of JR Tsurumi Station on March 28, 2025, with the aim of solving the transportation shortage and further improving convenience for users.

On May 15, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., the Tsurumi Station East Exit Taxi Stand Management Council (Representative Director: Yuki Mino, Director and General Manager of Hino Kotsu Co. (Representative Director: Yuki Mino, Director and General Manager of Operations Department, Hino Kotsu Co.

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Background of the conclusion of the "Agreement on Community Safety

The Kanagawa Prefecture Taxi Association has installed monitoring cameras at the Tsurumi Station East Exit cab stand to improve user convenience, and the Steering Committee has been in charge of operating the cameras since March 28, 2025. Currently, six cab operators in Tsurumi Ward are members of the Council.

The monitoring cameras are used to monitor cab stands in real time, and are extremely useful for the Tsurumi Police Station's community safety activities. The agreement was reached in the process of discussing the operation of the cameras with the Tsurumi Police Station.

The agreement was reached in the process of discussing the operation of the monitoring cameras between the Management Council and the Tsurumi Police Station.

The Kanagawa Prefecture Taxi Association (Chairman: Hiroshi Ito) is promoting the operation of a real-time monitoring system at cab stands to solve the transportation shortage and further improve user convenience.

Outline of the corporation

Name: Kanagawa Prefecture Taxi Association

Location: 2-130 Hinode-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Representative: Hiroshi Ito, Chairman

Establishment: March 28, 1952

Number of members: 172 (as of May 1, 2025)

URL: https://www.taxi-kanagawa.or.jp/

Business: Association of hire car and cab operators