On this day, 27 April 2018, bus drivers with the Ryobi Group in Okayama, Japan, began a “fare strike” where they drove their routes as normal but refused to charge passengers for tickets. Drivers covered ticket machines with blankets or stickers to allow passengers to travel for free in a dispute demanding better job security in the face of a new rival bus company beginning operations in the city. The action was still ongoing by mid-May, but we do not know how and when it ended. If you do please let us know on info@workingclasshistory.com https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1411803749004771/?type=3