JCDecaux expands its street furniture offering in Tokyo through the acquisition of VISTA COMMUNICATIONS Inc.

JCDecaux SE (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire VISTA COMMUNICATIONS Inc., a Japanese company specialising in advertising on taxi shelters, based in Tokyo, Japan. The agreement was signed on March 30th, 2026.

Since 2012, VISTA has been operating 29 taxi shelters in Tokyo, representing 58 advertising faces, including 7 digital, mainly located in the busy districts of Shibuya, Roppongi, Shinjuku, Shinagawa, Akihabara and Ueno. This valuable service has been helping Tokyoites and international travellers while waiting for a taxi.

This acquisition will strengthen JCDecaux’s presence in Tokyo, through its joint-venture MCDecaux. It marks MCDecaux’s entry into the taxi shelter segment in Japan and complements its current offering of more than 850 B-Stop® (the name of MCDecaux’s advertising bus shelters in Japan) in Tokyo.

MCDecaux is very pleased to increase the number of advertising shelters at taxi stops managed by Tokyo Taxi Center to better serve the inhabitants of Tokyo, with a more comprehensive and consistent design, cleaning and maintenance proposition in one of the world’s most dynamic metropolitan areas and in an increasingly digitised outdoor advertising market.

Today, MCDecaux operates B-Stop® and CIP® (City Information Panels) in 43 cities across Japan, including the top 10 in terms of population: Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Kobe, Kyoto and Hiroshima.

Jean-Charles Decaux, Co-CEO of JCDecaux, said: “This acquisition is fully in line with JCDecaux’s selective external growth strategy focused on premium assets located in high-traffic urban environments. By becoming the leading operator of taxi shelters in Tokyo, MCDecaux is strengthening its footprint in a key market at the heart of one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas. Following this acquisition, JCDecaux will be even better positioned to meet the expectations of advertisers, cities and citizens, and to further develop a service-oriented and sustainable media offering.”