Chinese ride hailing mammoth Didi Chuxing will set up a pursuit with SoftBank to give ride-hailing and different administrations for the Japanese taxi industry, the organizations said in an announcement on Friday.

The move into Japan underscores a current push by Didi to reinforce its quality in business sectors outside China and strengthens the association’s worldwide fight with U.S. match Uber, whose China business it purchased in 2016.

The two firms intend to set up the joint wander and start trial benefits in Japan this year. SoftBank is a current financial specialist in Didi, which raised $4 billion to subsidize its worldwide push in December at a valuation of more than $50 billion.

Didi has extended abroad quickly in the previous year since fixing its predominance in China with the buy of Uber’s nearby business, finishing a money consuming endowment war that cost the U.S. firm generally $2 billion.