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 Targeting inbound customers, touting proudly at Haneda Airport's international terminal: ......

 Hakutaku" taxi drivers wait for arriving passengers at Haneda Airport's international terminal late at night. The drivers were questioned one by one, but some police officers saluted them and walked away. When I asked him why he didn't arrest them, he replied, "I don't know. ......

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