TOKYO -- On the morning of Feb. 21, Uber Technologies Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi appeared at the office of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo.
The head of the U.S.-based ride-hailing app operator was on a mission: to change Uber's image -- a scandal-filled, expansion-mongering startup -- into that of a friendly company that is in Japan to help the country's taxi industry.
