BODY: Sega's most chaotic cab company is coming to Japan, and it isn't slowing down for anyone. During the "XBOX Tokyo Game Show 2026 Broadcast," Sega showed the Japan stage of Crazy Taxi: World Tour. The footage has players picking up sumo wrestlers, speeding down Asakusa's Nakamise-dori shopping street and racing along Tokyo's Shuto Expressway.
Crazy Taxi: World Tour is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch 2. As the title suggests, this entry moves the series beyond its original sunny West Coast setting and sends players to cities around the world. Tokyo is the latest stop Sega has shown.
The Japan stage packs in plenty of local flavour. Sumo wrestlers are among the passengers, and the route list reads like a tourist's checklist. Nakamise-dori is the busy street of souvenir and snack stalls that leads to Senso-ji, Tokyo's oldest temple. The Shuto Expressway, often shortened to "Shutoko," is the elevated highway network that winds between the city's skyscrapers. GAME Watch summed up the stage as a place where you can do whatever you like, and the series' trademark disregard for traffic laws looks fully intact.
The reveal also shows how closely Sega is working with Xbox on this release. The game appeared in Microsoft's own TGS showcase, and Xbox platforms are listed first. It's a notable choice for a Japanese publisher at a Japanese trade show.
The insider take
For Tokyo residents, the joke is how impossible all of this would be in real life. On most days, Nakamise-dori is packed so tightly with tourists that you can barely walk, let alone drive a cab down it. The Shutoko carries a lot of cultural weight too. Its C1 loop and Wangan route are legendary in Japanese street-racing lore thanks to Wangan Midnight and the long-running Shutokou Battle games, so Sega sending Crazy Taxi onto that highway feels like a knowing nod to local car culture. Tokyo's real taxis are famous for being spotless and polite, with doors that open automatically. That makes a cabbie who launches a sumo wrestler across the Sumida River a very funny contrast for anyone who has actually taken one.
Originally reported by GAME Watch (Japanese).